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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… session take place quarterly before the recorder; a court leet and court of pie-poudre are also held. The freedom is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… manor in the later Middle Ages, one incorporating a court leet. 36 Estreats survive for the 1540s, when the court dealt … 1856 in which sessions, described as courts baron and leet, appointed a tithingman, a hayward, and one or two sheep … of stock on the commons, and perambulations. Courts leet ceased to be held in 1850 and thereafter courts baron …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the mid 19th century, 20 sometimes nominally with a court leet, but after c. 1720 there were few presentments under leet jurisdiction. 21 In 17756 41 was spent on poor relief, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… record formerly took place every three weeks; and a court-leet for the borough is still held annually, by the lord of …