Author: Fossey John Cobb HearnshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court-leet
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Leet Jurisdiction in England
Author: F. J. C. HearnshawPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331321408
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Excerpt from Leet Jurisdiction in England: Especially as Illustrated by the Records of the Court Leet of Southampton This essay has assumed much larger proportions than were originally intended. I set out with the purpose of writing a mere explanatory commentary upon the Southampton Court Leet Records, and especially on those portions of them which have already been put into print. But, as I got together my materials, so many difficult problems of more than local significance presented themselves for solution that I was forced to extend my enquiries, first, into the large, but ordered, realms of legal theory, and, secondly, into wide and encumbered regions of hitherto unexplored historic fact. I found that it was impossible to treat the court leet of Southampton as an isolated phenomenon, and that, in order properly to interpret the local evidence, it was imperatively necessary to make some investigation of the whole system of leet jurisdiction in England. Hence, as I pursued my studies, my point of view insensibly changed, and when at length I settled myself down to classify my notes and to write my thesis, I found myself dealing not with the "Court Leet of Southampton" as my single theme, but with "Leet Jurisdiction in England, especially as illustrated by the Records of the Court Leet of Southampton." The second is, of course, a much larger topic than the first, and it has drawn me into writing a much more bulky volume than I originally contemplated; but I trust that my readers will pardon me for laying so unexpectedly heavy a burden on their attention, and will believe that in no other way would it have been possible adequately to deal even with the local court and its mysteries. Various references scattered over the following pages will make it evident that the writing of this essay has occupied several months. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Leet Jurisdiction in England
Author: Fossey John Cobb HearnshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court-leet
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
LEET JURISDICTION IN ENGLAND
Author: F. J. C. HEARNSHAWPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033148396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Leet Jurisdiction in England, Especially as Illustrated by the Records of Southampton
Author: Fossey John Cobb HearnshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Leet Jurisdiction in England
Author: Fossey John Cobb HearnshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court records
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Books of Examinations and Depositions, 1570-1594
Author: Southampton (England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southampton (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A Critical Edition of Alexander’s Ross’s 1647 Mystagogus Poeticus, or the Muses Interpreter
Author: John R. GlennPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429682778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
First published in 1987, this is a critical edition of the 1647 text by the Scottish author Alexander Ross which offered the Renaissance reader not only a wealth of factual information concerning the gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters of ancient myth and legend, but also served as a treasury of interpretation and commentary ingeniously explaining the facts in terms moral, theological, historical and scientific.
A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Author: Middle Temple (London, England). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Law Quarterly Review
Author: Frederick PollockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Tudor Sheriff
Author: Jonathan McGovernPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192848240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Sheriffs were among the most important local office-holders in early modern England. They were generalist officers of the king responsible for executing legal process, holding local courts, empanelling juries, making arrests, executing criminals, collecting royal revenue, holding parliamentary elections, and many other vital duties. Although sheriffs have a cameo role in virtually every book about early modern England, the precise nature of their work has remained something of a mystery. The Tudor Sheriff offers the first comprehensive analysis of the shrieval system between 1485 and 1603. It demonstrates that this system was not abandoned to decay in the Tudor period, but was effectively reformed to ensure its continued relevance. Jonathan McGovern shows that sheriffs were not in competition with other branches of local government, such as the Lords Lieutenant and justices of the peace, but rather cooperated effectively with them. Since the office of sheriff was closely related to every other branch of government, a study of the sheriff is also a study of English government at work.