Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Unreformed)

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Unreformed)

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, JPs

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Unreformed); 1300s-1835

Other form(s) of name

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1300s-1835

    History

    The petty sessions in York were presided over by the Lord Mayor, aldermen and sheriffs from 1392, and aldermen also made up the Justices of the Peace for the Quarter sessions. York included several liberties such as the Liberty of St Peter and Davy Hall which were outside this jurisdiction. The Municipal Corporations Act setup a new Commission of the Peace and transferred this function out of the corporation in 1835.
    Function transferred to Commission of the Peace in 1835.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    Original duties centred around guarding the peace and providing justice, via the petty and quarter session courts. They were responsible for the keeping of both national and local laws and regulations. Matters covered included alehouse licensing, vagrancy, the poor law, sewers, paving, employment disputes, wages, markets and absentees from church. They also oversaw the traditional parish constable system.

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    General context

    The petty sessions in York were presided over by the Lord Mayor, aldermen and sheriffs from 1392, and aldermen also made up the Justices of the Peace for the Quarter sessions. York included several liberties such as the Liberty of St Peter and Davy Hall which were outside this jurisdiction. The Municipal Corporations Act setup a new Commission of the Peace and transferred this function out of the corporation in 1835.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Reformed) / Commission of the Peace (1835-present)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-108

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Reformed) / Commission of the Peace is the successor of Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Unreformed)

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-107

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        Sources

        VCH York, JBM How York Governs Itself.

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