Add to ORKGThe City of London had two summary courts in the 18th Century, at Guildhall and Mansion House. In these the Lord Mayor and City aldermen used their wide ranging powers to punish vagrants and thieves, reprimand prostitutes and bullock hunters and settle disputes between brawling drunks and warring neighbours. This talk will explore the nature of these courts, the offences they heard and the people they served, using primary court sources from the City’s archive
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
The City of London had two summary courts in the 18th Century, at Guildhall and Mansion House. In th...
Using the records of the Guildhall and Mansion House justice rooms, this article explores the summar...
Historians of crime and the criminal justice system have largely neglected the summary process. Whil...
Historians of crime and the criminal justice system have largely neglected the summary process. Whil...
Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian ...
In 1986 Joanna Innes and John Styles called for the development of research into the lower reaches o...
This dissertation looks at the development of criminal imprisonment and the evolution of prison syst...
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, published accounts of felony trials held at London’s central crim...
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, published accounts of felony trials held at London’s central crim...
The study of how the law worked at a local level in rural communities, and in the role of the rural ...
Tales from the Hanging Court draws on published accounts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834, a rich...
This article argues that it was in the summary courts rather than anywhere else that the people met ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
The City of London had two summary courts in the 18th Century, at Guildhall and Mansion House. In th...
Using the records of the Guildhall and Mansion House justice rooms, this article explores the summar...
Historians of crime and the criminal justice system have largely neglected the summary process. Whil...
Historians of crime and the criminal justice system have largely neglected the summary process. Whil...
Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian ...
In 1986 Joanna Innes and John Styles called for the development of research into the lower reaches o...
This dissertation looks at the development of criminal imprisonment and the evolution of prison syst...
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, published accounts of felony trials held at London’s central crim...
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, published accounts of felony trials held at London’s central crim...
The study of how the law worked at a local level in rural communities, and in the role of the rural ...
Tales from the Hanging Court draws on published accounts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834, a rich...
This article argues that it was in the summary courts rather than anywhere else that the people met ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...
This article explores the nature of interpersonal violence in eighteenth-century London through the ...