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The Country Justice and the Case of the Blackamoor's Head (Publications of the Lincoln Record Society)
B. R. Davey
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Hardcover. The Practice of the Law in Lincolnshire, 1787-1838. Part I: the Justice Books of Thomas Dixon of Riby, 1787-1798; Part II: Papers in the Case of Thorold V. Catton, 1830-1838. Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society. 208 pages, 12, 12 black and white. Editor(s): Davey, B.J.; Wheeler, R. C. Legal documents from eighteenth and nineteenth-century Lincolnshire provide fascinating insights into life at the time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight: 630.
Legal documents from eighteenth and nineteenth-century Lincolnshire provide fascinating insights into life at the time. The legal system in eighteenth-century England has generally been viewed as an instrument of class justice, imposed by magistrates drawn from the gentry and aristocracy, and weighing harshly on the labouring and servant classes. The rare survival of the justicing notebooks of Thomas Dixon of Riby, as a working farmer an unusual recruit to the magistrates' bench, make it possible to draw a more nuanced picture. The only Lincolnshire magistrate to leave records of his work "out of sessions", his books detail those cases ... Read more
Legal documents from eighteenth and nineteenth-century Lincolnshire provide fascinating insights into life at the time. The legal system in eighteenth-century England has generally been viewed as an instrument of class justice, imposed by magistrates drawn from the gentry and aristocracy, and weighing harshly on the labouring and servant classes. The rare survival of the justicing notebooks of Thomas Dixon of Riby, as a working farmer an unusual recruit to the magistrates' bench, make it possible to draw a more nuanced picture. The only Lincolnshire magistrate to leave records of his work "out of sessions", his books detail those cases ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lincoln Record Society
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780901503947
SKU
V9780901503947
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Reviews for The Country Justice and the Case of the Blackamoor's Head (Publications of the Lincoln Record Society)
This welcome volume offers a unique glimpse into social relations and the experience of community in a rural setting. In particular, it will reward those interested in courts and use of the law, local government and administration, and the economic and social history of eighteenth and nineteenth -century Lincolnshire.
RURAL HISTORY
RURAL HISTORY