The Anglo-Saxon kings built up a set of written laws, issued either as statutes or codes, but these laws were never written down in their entirety and were always supplemented by an extensive oral tradition of customary law.
De angelsaksiske konger samlede et sæt love, der enten blev skrevet som statutter eller kodekser, men disse love blev aldrig skrevet samlet ned, og var altid en supplement til en omfattende mundtlig tradition af almindelige love.