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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours > General
Illustrated guide to Scottish medieval heraldry, the first to link
heraldry to major events in Scottish history and to the families
that took part in them. Winner of the Saltire Society's 2007
History Book Award Scottish heraldry can be said to begin in the
mid-twelfth century, when material of Scottish interest first
appears in a number of English and Continental rolls-of-arms, and
as the years passed it developed an increasing complexity and
sophistication, establishing itself as a subject in its own right
in the seventeenth century with the appearance of the Lyon
register. This volume is the first to link heraldry to major events
in Scottish history and to the families that took part in them. It
uses a wide range of sources to chart its growth, some of which
have been rarely explored previously, thus bringing much new
material into the corpus of Scottish heraldry. It also covers the
major families and clans - Stewarts, Douglas, Murrays, Hamiltons,
Gordons and MacDonalds - and examines a host of other issues, both
technical and historical. Throughout it is richly illustrated with
some two hundred chart pedigrees and fully-coloured coats-of-arms.
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.
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