Royal government in the counties palatine of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1460-1509
This thesis examines the relationship between the crown and the north-west palatinates between 1460 and 1509, by analysing their financial and legal affairs, and the postholders and duties of the palatinate offices. The introduction discusses the origins of their palatinate status and historians views on the nature of royal authority in these counties. Chapter 1 examines the officers of justice, and notes the increasing assertion of royal control in the Cheshire posts and the large number of Yorkshiremen appointed in Lancashire. Chapter 2 examines the financial officers, and notes the presence under Henry VII of individuals from the prince of Wales' Council and from outside the north-west in key posts. Chapter 3 discusses the officers of county administration and concludes that the offices were dominated by the Stanley family and the north-western gentry. Chapter 4 analyses the officers of maintenance and defence. It notes that many posts were dominated by a small number of prominent local families and charts the declining importance of some royal possessions in the palatinates. Chapter 5 examines the nature and content of north-west petitions heard in the Westminster court of Chancery and concludes that it
Worthington, Paul
History ; Law ; Law enforcement ; Prisons
Royal government in the counties palatine of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1460-1509. This thesis examines the relationship between the crown and the north-west palatinates between 1460 and 1509, by analysing their financial and legal affairs, and the postholders and duties of the palatinate offices. The introduction discusses the origins of their palatinate status and historians views on the nature of royal authority in these counties. Chapter 1 examines the officers of justice, and notes the increasing assertion of royal control in the Cheshire posts and the large number of Yorkshiremen appointed in Lancashire. Chapter 2 examines the financial officers, and notes the presence under Henry VII of individuals from the prince of Wales' Council and from outside the north-west in key posts. Chapter 3 discusses the officers of county administration and concludes that the offices were dominated by the Stanley family and the north-western gentry. Chapter 4 analyses the officers of maintenance and defence. It notes that many posts were dominated by a small number of prominent local families and charts the declining importance of some royal possessions in the palatinates. Chapter 5 examines the nature and content of north-west petitions heard in the Westminster court of Chancery and concludes that it
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