The Tudor Sheriff

A Study in Early Modern Administration

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Sheriffs were among the most important local office-holders in early modern England. They were generalist officers of the king responsible for executing legal process, holding local courts, empanelling juries, making arrests, executing criminals, collecting royal revenue, holding parliamentary elections, and many other vital duties. Although sheriffs have a cameo role in virtually every book about early modern England, the precise nature of their work has remained something of a mystery.The Tudor Sheriff offers the first comprehensive analysis of the shrieval system between 1485 and 1603. It demonstrates that this system was not abandoned to decay in the Tudor period, but was effectively reformed to ensure its continued relevance. Jonathan McGovern shows that sheriffs were not in competition with other branches of local government, such as the Lords Lieutenant and justices of the peace, but rather cooperated effectively with them. Since the office of sheriff was closely related to every other branch of government, a study of the sheriff is also a study of English government at work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-21
Mått:164 x 241 x 28 mm
Vikt:608 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780192848246

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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.

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Drawing upon impressively wide-ranging archival work in administrative and legal records... the book ably succeeds in its central ambition of demonstrating in comprehensive detail the workings of the shrieval system under the Tudors.

Innehållsförteckning

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