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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a commission of inquiry in 1287; and all disputes and offences are determined at the Barmote courts, held twice a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farm the whole borough. 9 Jurisdiction over certain offences was theoretically reserved to the bishop, 10 and … exercised standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the burgesses were … business was settlement of small claims. Jurisdiction over offences punishable by tumbrel (or ducking-stool) and pillory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… corporation hold half-yearly courts of session for minor offences, and this being the only town in the Forest, all the …
A History of the County of Essex
… of between 12 and 18 made presentments for the usual petty offences, including encroachments on the waste, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 The jury also presented breaches of the assize and offences relating to weights and measures, and the same court …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the accounts be audited. He could imprison men for many offences without bail, dispense charitable funds, order … return months later or forfeit his bond. 9 The commonest offences were breaches of the peace, mostly associated with … 13 Imprisonment, usually for three days, was ordered for offences such as unlicensed victualling, and men were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The recorder holds quarterly courts of session for all offences within the city and county of the city, not capital; …