The " quo warranto " proceedings of Edward I established a sharp distinction between the court baron, exercising strictly manorial rights, and the court leet, depending for its jurisdiction upon royal franchise.
32.
Danby court leet, the all male, baronial court whose origins were as a manorial court, but whose functions are now restricted to the management of common land, regularly meets in the castle's courtroom.
33.
From the 13th to the 15th century Fordingbridge was governed by a bailiff, and then in later centuries by a constable chosen yearly at the court leet of the manor of Lower Burgate.
34.
This quit is rendered by the Foreman of the City's Court Leet Jury of the " Town and Borough of Southwark ", alias Guildable Manor, which is the area as defined in 1327.
35.
With the increase in prosperity came a desire for greater power, the freeholders began to choose their own officers; port reeve, constable, bailiffs, beer-tasters and leather sealers at the court leet of the borough.
36.
In the later Middle Ages the lord, when exercising these powers, gained the name of "'leet "'which was a jurisdiction of a part of a county, hence the franchise was of "'court leet " '.
37.
This jurisdiction was that of court leet and View of Frankpledge ( the two terms define the same assembly ), the manor freemen being the jury of a " crown " court within the manor's area.
38.
The town had been a manorial borough from the end of the 13th century, and from at least the 16th century until the 19th century, was governed by the Court Leet of the Lords of Dudley.
39.
By 1226, Bordesley was held in demesne by the overlords of the other manors in Aston parish and by the second half of the 13th century it was the centre of a court leet for the neighbouring vills.
40.
The name " giddy-gaddy " for the game appears only in the court leet records of the manor of Manchester, an indication of the disruption and damage it caused in the streets of industrial areas such as Ardwick.
