Jonathan McGovern

The Tudor Sheriff

A Study in Early Modern Administration

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Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive analysis of the shrieval system, 1485-1603, showing sheriffs to be among the most important local office-holders in early modern England, responsible for executing legal process, holding local courts, making arrests, executing criminals, collecting royal revenue, holding parliamentary elections, and many other vital duties.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780192848246
• ISBN-10: 0192848240
• Artikelnr.: 63736345

Autorenporträt

Jonathan McGovern holds BA and MSt degrees from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of York. His work has won a number of prizes, including the Parliamentary History Essay Prize (2019), the Sir John Neale Essay Prize (2018) and the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (2018). He has published widely on the history and literature of the sixteenth century, on themes ranging from allegory, sermons, and balladry to political and parliamentary history.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Fundamentals
3: Appointment and First Days in Office
4: The Execution and Return of Writs
5: Police Powers, Prison Keeping, and Other Duties
6: The County Court
7: The Sheriff's Tourn
8: The London Sheriffs' Court and the York Court of Pleas
9: Revenue Collection and Accounting at the Exchequer
Conclusion
Appendix 1: List of known sheriffs' tourns in the Tudor period, excluding municipal tourns
Appendix 2: Undersheriffs in England, Ireland and Wales
Appendix 3: Undersheriffs and Attorneys of the London Sheriffs' Court
Appendix 4: Bonds and indentures
Appendix 5: The status of sheriffs