Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I General background
- II Recent legislative and administrative changes
- III The form of the commission of the peace and the powers of the justices
- IV Description of the MS. rolls of the peace here printed and explanation of their preservation
- V Organization of the sessions of the peace: dates and places; area of jurisdiction; officials, jurors, and pledges
- VI The work of the justices in session and out of session
- VII Classification of offences; preponderance of economic offences
- VIII Results of the proceedings: in sessions of the peace; in the king's bench; in gaol delivery
- IX The people of Yorkshire in the rolls: the official class; the great landowners; the merchants; the common folk and their occupations
- X Conclusion: the peculiar value of the rolls
- Introductory note to the text
- Rolls of sessions of the peace for the East Riding and the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1361-1364
- Appendices: Calendars and Documents
- Index of Persons and Places
- Index of Subjects
V - Organization of the sessions of the peace: dates and places; area of jurisdiction; officials, jurors, and pledges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I General background
- II Recent legislative and administrative changes
- III The form of the commission of the peace and the powers of the justices
- IV Description of the MS. rolls of the peace here printed and explanation of their preservation
- V Organization of the sessions of the peace: dates and places; area of jurisdiction; officials, jurors, and pledges
- VI The work of the justices in session and out of session
- VII Classification of offences; preponderance of economic offences
- VIII Results of the proceedings: in sessions of the peace; in the king's bench; in gaol delivery
- IX The people of Yorkshire in the rolls: the official class; the great landowners; the merchants; the common folk and their occupations
- X Conclusion: the peculiar value of the rolls
- Introductory note to the text
- Rolls of sessions of the peace for the East Riding and the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1361-1364
- Appendices: Calendars and Documents
- Index of Persons and Places
- Index of Subjects
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- Yorkshire Sessions of the Peace, 1361–1364 , pp. xx - xxvPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1939