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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cattle is held on the Monday after July 7th; and courts leet and baron annually. The living is a vicarage, valued in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Two courts baron, at Easter and Michaelmas, and a court leet at Easter, occur for the king's manor, under the lessee …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the abbot, claimed to be a bishop's man. 25 The court leet of Welles was to be held by the abbot's steward, the … 48 This guildhall was the meeting-place of the courts leet of the Bishop of Ely in 1648. 49 Hill also received a … bailiff also had tried to usurp the functions of the court leet (ibid. i, 519). Dugd., Mon. ii, 577. Feud. Aids, iii, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and other officers, are appointed by the jury at the court leet, annually: a court baron is held twice in the year by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held in the town hall as later, 37 were the lord's court leet or view of frankpledge for the borough, to which all … usually in October. 41 Besides electing officers the court leet continued to regulate the market, inspect food and drink … disappearance around the mid 17th century the annual court leet continued to appoint two bailiffs, two constables, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and other officers, all of whom are chosen at a court leet held annually: it is said to have been formerly a …
A History of the County of Essex
… those estates were treated as separate manors. 41 A court leet continued to meet once a year during the 16th and 17th … court baron met between one and four times a year, with a leet at the spring meeting, when 2 constables, 2 common … concerned with conveyancing. 45 An annual court baron with leet was still held in 1850, with 11 to 13 jurors, conducting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Petty-sessions are held every Tuesday; and a court leet and baron, under the bishop as lord of the manor, takes …