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The Tudor Sheriff - A Study in Early Modern Administration (Hardcover)
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The Tudor Sheriff - A Study in Early Modern Administration (Hardcover)
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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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