IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1616: The Medieval Law Courts, II: Law in the Localities
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn |
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| Organiser: | Daniel F. Gosling, Department of Archives, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Zosia Edwards, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Paper 1616-a | Crisis, Corruption, and the Commissions of Oyer and Terminer in Early 14th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History |
| Paper 1616-b | Court Leets and Jurisdictional Conflict in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History |
| Abstract | The second session of the Medieval Courts strand examines the common law courts held away from London. The first paper examines the commissions of Oyer and Terminer, one manner in which the king's justice was applied away from the capital, in the early 14th century. The second paper focuses on the late medieval manorial courts in England, and the jurisdictional disputes that could arise from competing courts. |