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The Chester County Court Indictment Roll 1354-1377

Dealing with Serious Crime in Later Fourteenth-century Cheshire

by Phyllis Hill, ed. and Paul Booth, ed.
Third Series, Volume #53, Publication Year: 2019
Available to purchase £39.95

The Book

This book provides a translation and analysis of the Chester County Court Indictment Roll for the years 1354-1377. It is the basis for an assessment of the policies of the administration of the prince-earl, Edward the Black Prince, and for the nature of the criminal activity which was addressed by the court’s processes. It will be of interest to students of late medieval political, legal and social history, and to those concerned with the history of North-West England.

The Author

The late Phyllis Hill taught French in a number of schools in the Warrington area, and on her retirement was awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy of the University of Liverpool in 1996 for her edition of the Chester county court indictment roll, 1354-77. She also acted as leader of the Ranulf Higden Society’s group working on the Cheshire Forest Eyre Roll of 1357, the first volume of which (Wirral forest) was published in 2015, after her death in 2004.
Paul Booth specialises in the history of Cheshire in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and local history of the North West. He was a lecturer/senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool from 1972 to 2010, and is currently an honorary senior research fellow in History in the University of Keele. For publications, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Booth_(historian)

Reviews

  • Focusing on the operations of the Cheshire courts between the Black Death and Edward III’s renewal of the war with France in the 1370s, the clear Introduction explains the local workings of the royal justice system at a moment of significant change and experimentation. ... The rest of the main text, running to some 400 pages, comprises a fine translation of the roll itself.
    Overall,The Chester County Court Indictment Roll 1354–1377 is a most welcome addition to the modern printed translations of medieval legal records, with much to offer legal historians and other specialist academic researchers. The highly readable yet accurate translation and thoughtful editorial practices, together with the comprehensive People and Places and Subject indexes, will also make this book an accessible resource for teaching, or for non-specialists investigating local or family history.
    (Northern History, 2021)

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