Justice and law Flashcards
(34 cards)
Domesday book
1086 - feudal law, part of the tenurial revolution
Separation of ecclesiastical and secular courts
1072
Sailsbury oath
1086 all men swore an oath of alleiance to Will
william used writs to…
summon and order, as opposed to confir decisions as pre-1066
the pipe roll
1129-30 collection of royal revenue
constitutions of clarendon
1164 sets out royal rights, regarding church e.g. a bishop could only prosecute with a jury present
assize of clarendon
1166
catea baronum
1166 royal rights e.g. knight servic on royal lands
assize of Northhampton
1176 (re-iterates assize of calrendon)
Novel disessin
1176 - you could sue royal courts over possession of land
mort d’ancestor
1176 - you could sue royal courts over rights to land
Dialogue of the Exchequer
1178- written by treasurer Richard Ftznigel, detailing practices of the exchequer
Grand Assize
1179 - jury system to determine facts in land cases
Assize of arms
1181
Assize of woodstock
1184 (codified forest law)
general eyre
1194 - creation of coroners to determine whether cases are crown or sheriff jurisdiction
council of northampton
1196 - organised assize circuits
caracuage tax
1198 based on caracuage land holding
role chief constable is created
1205
thirteenth tax
1207
westminster court is transferred to Johns itinerant
1209
magna carta
1215 - john agrees to a set of demands, showing although justice had improved, tenants in chief still became subject to arbitrary feudal demands (magna carta is not yt a law, but becomes so later)
3 types of court, presided by a bishop
assembly, chapter, synod
vill/manor/’honour’ court
seigneurial court presided over by local lord