| 11. | The status of St Katherine's appears to be ambiguous with the court leet behaving more like a select vestry.
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| 12. | Opposite the church, Court Leet was once the local court with the adjacent half timbered cottage being the gaol.
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| 13. | The moor within the parishes of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre is managed by the ancient Manor of Fyling Court Leet.
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| 14. | The rolls record the meetings of the manorial court, either court leet or court baron, or views of frankpledge.
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| 15. | However, when it was completed, the Court Leet demanded rent for its use as it was built on common land.
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| 16. | There is an interesting link to feudal law, two courts where held here, a Court Baron and a Court Leet.
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| 17. | By 1227 the prioress had the right to hold at Ickleton a weekly market, an annual fair and a court leet.
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| 18. | The court leet began to decline in the fourteenth century, being superseded by the more modern county freemen or parish vestrymen.
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| 19. | The Great Court Leet for Blackburnshire was originally held every three weeks at Clitheroe Castle, with the Steward of the Honour presiding.
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| 20. | However, when it was completed, the Court Leet demanded an annual rent for its use after it was built on Common Land.
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