Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Law and Order!
- Types of Courts
- The Kings Court
- - King was the
most important
person in this
court
- -Only the most
serious of
crimes: Robbery,
Rape, Arson,
Treason, Murder.
- The King could
also see to
appeals from
lower courts
- Shire Courts
- Anglo-saxon origin
- Met regularly and
were supervised
by a sheriff
- New Norman Idea
- Manor Courts
- Area of land
controlled by the
Lord of the Manor,
- Minor Courts
- Dealt with
day-to-day life
- Hundred Courts
- For the lord to
deal with his
tenants
- Supervise
property
transactions or
announce new
laws from the king
- Trial by Water