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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Justices of the peace"”.
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Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor England, 1547-1569
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A Man Moste Meete': A Nationwide Survey of Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor England, 1547-1582
This dissertation is a national study of English justices of the peace (JPs) in the mid-Tudor era. It incorporates comparable data from the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and the Elizabeth I. Much of the analysis is quantitative in nature: chapters compare the appointments of justices of the peace …
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The justices of the peace and the administration of local government in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire between 1680 and 1750
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the criminal, civil and administrative work of the county magistrates of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire between 1680 and 1750. There is a distinct lack of regional studies for this period, though much has been written about the county community …
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Local government and society in early modern England: Hertfordshire and Essex, C. 1590-- 1630
This administrative and social history of Hertfordshire and Essex tracks the careers, social relationships, and personal tribulations of justices of the peace and other county officials from 1590 through 1630. The study addresses the nature of the relationship between local government and the …
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Minor Courts And Communities At The Frontier: The Justice Of The Peace In Early Missouri
… <p><strong> MINOR COURTS AND COMMUNITIES AT THE FRONTIER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN EARLY MISSOURI</strong></p> <p><strong>by</strong></p> <p><strong>BONNIE A. SPECK</strong></p> <p><strong>May 2011</strong></p> <p><strong>Advisor</strong>: Sandra VanBurkleo</p> <p><strong>Major</strong>: …
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Provincial government and administration in Jacobean Munster
This is a study of government and administration in the province of Munster, Ireland, in the reign of James I. After the 1601 Battle of Kinsale the whole fabric of life of the Gaelic and Old English sections of the population changed irrevocably. A new influx of New English planters heightened …
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The emergence of modern civil police in Scotland: a case study of the police and systems of police in Edinburghshire 1800-1833
The Police in Britain have been a focus for academic research over a number of decades but there is a dearth of historic authority about the service north of the border. Lack of information is lamentable, for Scotland through its own legal institutions entrenched in the Treaty of Union, has …
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A study of aspects of crime and distress in seventeenth-century Lancashire
… courts. Mainly, however, it concentrates on the quarter sessions evidence. It studies crime at the county, as opposed to the local community, level; and makes use of a variety of types of court records. It does not rely on indictment evidence alone, but uses recognizances as the basis of time …