Originally, the sole fixed "court" was the "curia regis", one of the three central administrative bodies along with the Exchequer and Chancery, from which the Court of Chancery formed. This "curia" was the king's court, composed of those advisers and courtiers who followed the king as he travelled around the country. This was not a dedicated court of law, instead a descendant of the "witenagemot". In concert with the "curia regis", eyre circuits staffed by itinerant judges dispensed justice throughout the country, operating on fixed paths at certain times. These judges were also members of the "curia", and would hear cases on the king's behalf in the "lesser "curia regis"". Gradually, the "curia" split into two distinct branches, the "coram rege" (King's Bench) and "de banco" (Common Bench, or Common Pleas). Much academic discussion occurs over the circumstances and times of their founding. In 1178, a chronicler recorded that when Henry II: