Custumals were commissioned by lords who presided as lay judges over manorial courts in order to inform themselves about the court process.
22.
In the 13th century the Gargate family owned a watermill, a windmill and a house where the manorial court was held.
23.
The justice room has had a variety of uses but takes its name from its function as the manorial court until the 18th century.
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Although predominantly bracken it has unique ecological diversity responding to conservation by the Commoners under a Countryside Stewardship Scheme administered by the Manorial Court.
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There was " Wavera " in manorial jurisdiction over the estates, with the right to hold a manorial court like other landowners.
26.
It removed the authority of the manorial courts, eliminated tithes and manorial dues, and freed those who still remained bound to the land.
27.
The Marylebone Court House once stood at the south end of the street and was erected by the Earl of Oxford as a manorial court.
28.
It was through these failing regimes, such as the 1813 lapse of the manorial court of Tunstall, that the long process towards federation began.
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The murder had taken place in August 1413 at Sir John Cornwall's own manorial court in Kinlet, emphasising the likelihood of his complicity.
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Bailie courts had appellate jurisdiction over lower courts ( manorial courts, provost courts ) but was the court of first instance for suits involving the nobility.
