Sessions of the Peace for Bedfordshire 1355-1359, 1363-1364

Sessions of the Peace for Bedfordshire 1355-1359, 1363-1364 The analytical introduction describes the two rolls, the commissions of the peace, the justices who presided over the session, the place and work of the sessions, the offences and the punishment of offenders. The Latin transcriptions of the entries are provided with English summaries. The majority of cases (c. 200) were common law trespasses of one sort or another (assault, fighting, taking goods, disturbing the peace, threatening behav