Tudor Sheriff - A Study in Early Modern Administration

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.

List of contents

• 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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Additional text

In McGovern's trenchant commentary, industrious research, and explanatory clarity, The Tudor Sheriff is an Eltonian book.

Product details

• Authors: McGovern , Jonathan McGovern, Jonathan (Department of English Mcgovern
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780192848246
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284824-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; England, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government