Preface

pp v-v

Contents

pp vi-vii

Abbreviations

pp viii-viii

Introduction

I - General background

pp ix-xii

II - Recent legislative and administrative changes

pp xii-xv

III - The form of the commission of the peace and the powers of the justices

pp xv-xvii

IV - Description of the MS. rolls of the peace here printed and explanation of their preservation

pp xvii-xx

V - Organization of the sessions of the peace: dates and places; area of jurisdiction; officials, jurors, and pledges

pp xx-xxv

VI - The work of the justices in session and out of session

pp xxv-xxix

VII - Classification of offences; preponderance of economic offences

pp xxix-xxxiii

VIII - Results of the proceedings: in sessions of the peace; in the king's bench; in gaol delivery

pp xxxiii-xxxviii

IX - The people of Yorkshire in the rolls: the official class; the great landowners; the merchants; the common folk and their occupations

pp xxxviii-xlvi

X - Conclusion: the peculiar value of the rolls

pp xlvi-xlix

Introductory note to the text

pp l-l

Rolls of sessions of the peace for the East Riding and the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1361-1364

East Riding

pp 1-79

North Riding

pp 80-134

Appendices: Calendars and Documents

Appendix I (A) and (B)

pp 135-142

Appendix II (C)

pp 142-146

Appendix III (D) and (E)

pp 146-149

Index of Persons and Places

pp 150-182

Index of Subjects

pp 183-187