Retired member of academic staff of the University of Liverpool. Joint Director, with Malcolm Vale of the University of Oxford) of AHRC Gascon Rolls project.
www.gasconrolls.org
Deprived of Honorary Senior Research Fellowship of Liverpool University by Professor Andrew Derrington (former Executive Pro-vice-chancellor of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies of Liverpool University) without reason given. Now Honorary Senior Research Fellow of Keele University.
Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, 2013
The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overl... more The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overlooked, partly because Cheshire was governed separately from the rest of England - at this time by Edward, the Black Prince, as earl of Chester. The other reason for this is that the records relating to this topic, in the Palatinate of Chester series (CHES) in the Public Record Office/National Archives, have been catalogued in a way that conceals their significance. This article lists all surviving sessions that contain indictments and presentments in the Cheshire courts, and attempts to show how in a county that lacked JPs the enforcement of this legislation came to differ markedly from the norm elsewhere.
... fourteenth century. It is against this background that Paul Booth examines the ftnancial admi... more ... fourteenth century. It is against this background that Paul Booth examines the ftnancial administration of the 'county palatine', an almost independent lordship under the earls of Chester then either the king or his eldest son. The ...
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 128, 1978
An analysis of the influence of geology on the manor and borough of Frodsham, followed by a criti... more An analysis of the influence of geology on the manor and borough of Frodsham, followed by a critical examination of farming and land-use on the demesne of the manor.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 62, 1979
A study of agriculture in fourteenth-century Cheshire, and the process of leasing manorial estate... more A study of agriculture in fourteenth-century Cheshire, and the process of leasing manorial estates and demesnes,
An edition of an indictment roll of Chester county court during a crucial period of the county's,... more An edition of an indictment roll of Chester county court during a crucial period of the county's, and country's, history. It begins with the period of the Hundred Years War when England was achieving stunning successes against France, and ends when things had begun to go badly wrong for England. The Chester county court was the supreme court of justice, in effect, for Cheshire, and so the rolls include crimes up to the most serious level. The earl of Chester, the ruler of the county, was in this period the Black Prince, who was deeply involved in the prosecution of the war.
Obscenity, conspiracy and rebellion, a game 'too dangerous to play', threats by police office to ... more Obscenity, conspiracy and rebellion, a game 'too dangerous to play', threats by police office to behead a couple if they don't pay a bribe, assault in Lymm, abuse of forest law in Wirral, plans for war in Scotland .... in the Chester county court rolls 1307-11
I have found three more session of the Chester county court when Roger was exacted, making six in... more I have found three more session of the Chester county court when Roger was exacted, making six in all.
Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled ... more Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled slightly differently each time. On the first two occasions he was 'exacted' (solemnly summoned to attend court to answer a serious criminal charge, which is unspecified) and on the third he was outlawed. He was probably never heard of again.
Archives, vol. XXXIX, number 127, October 2013 (actually published in 2015)
The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overl... more The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overlooked, partly because Cheshire was governed separately from the rest of England - at this time by Edward, the Black Prince, as earl of Chester. The other reason for this is that the records relating to this topic, in the Palatinate of Chester series (CHES) in the Public Record Office/National Archives, have been catalogued in a way that conceals their significance. This article lists all surviving sessions that contain indictments and presentments in the Cheshire courts, and attempts to show how in a county that lacked JPs the enforcement of this legislation came to differ markedly from the norm elsewhere.
A rare example of a detailed account of the preliminaries to a criminal trial in the early fourte... more A rare example of a detailed account of the preliminaries to a criminal trial in the early fourteenth century. Was Jorfrecz tricked into raising his hand the first time, and what was the justiciar asking him to do with his hand after that?
Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, 2013
The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overl... more The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overlooked, partly because Cheshire was governed separately from the rest of England - at this time by Edward, the Black Prince, as earl of Chester. The other reason for this is that the records relating to this topic, in the Palatinate of Chester series (CHES) in the Public Record Office/National Archives, have been catalogued in a way that conceals their significance. This article lists all surviving sessions that contain indictments and presentments in the Cheshire courts, and attempts to show how in a county that lacked JPs the enforcement of this legislation came to differ markedly from the norm elsewhere.
... fourteenth century. It is against this background that Paul Booth examines the ftnancial admi... more ... fourteenth century. It is against this background that Paul Booth examines the ftnancial administration of the 'county palatine', an almost independent lordship under the earls of Chester then either the king or his eldest son. The ...
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 128, 1978
An analysis of the influence of geology on the manor and borough of Frodsham, followed by a criti... more An analysis of the influence of geology on the manor and borough of Frodsham, followed by a critical examination of farming and land-use on the demesne of the manor.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 62, 1979
A study of agriculture in fourteenth-century Cheshire, and the process of leasing manorial estate... more A study of agriculture in fourteenth-century Cheshire, and the process of leasing manorial estates and demesnes,
An edition of an indictment roll of Chester county court during a crucial period of the county's,... more An edition of an indictment roll of Chester county court during a crucial period of the county's, and country's, history. It begins with the period of the Hundred Years War when England was achieving stunning successes against France, and ends when things had begun to go badly wrong for England. The Chester county court was the supreme court of justice, in effect, for Cheshire, and so the rolls include crimes up to the most serious level. The earl of Chester, the ruler of the county, was in this period the Black Prince, who was deeply involved in the prosecution of the war.
Obscenity, conspiracy and rebellion, a game 'too dangerous to play', threats by police office to ... more Obscenity, conspiracy and rebellion, a game 'too dangerous to play', threats by police office to behead a couple if they don't pay a bribe, assault in Lymm, abuse of forest law in Wirral, plans for war in Scotland .... in the Chester county court rolls 1307-11
I have found three more session of the Chester county court when Roger was exacted, making six in... more I have found three more session of the Chester county court when Roger was exacted, making six in all.
Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled ... more Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled slightly differently each time. On the first two occasions he was 'exacted' (solemnly summoned to attend court to answer a serious criminal charge, which is unspecified) and on the third he was outlawed. He was probably never heard of again.
Archives, vol. XXXIX, number 127, October 2013 (actually published in 2015)
The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overl... more The cases under the mid fourteenth-century labour legislation in Cheshire have been largely overlooked, partly because Cheshire was governed separately from the rest of England - at this time by Edward, the Black Prince, as earl of Chester. The other reason for this is that the records relating to this topic, in the Palatinate of Chester series (CHES) in the Public Record Office/National Archives, have been catalogued in a way that conceals their significance. This article lists all surviving sessions that contain indictments and presentments in the Cheshire courts, and attempts to show how in a county that lacked JPs the enforcement of this legislation came to differ markedly from the norm elsewhere.
A rare example of a detailed account of the preliminaries to a criminal trial in the early fourte... more A rare example of a detailed account of the preliminaries to a criminal trial in the early fourteenth century. Was Jorfrecz tricked into raising his hand the first time, and what was the justiciar asking him to do with his hand after that?
Review of Graeme J White with Jonathan Peplar, The Magna Carta of Cheshire (Cheshire Local Histor... more Review of Graeme J White with Jonathan Peplar, The Magna Carta of Cheshire (Cheshire Local History Association), 2015. 102 pp. ISBN 978-1-905702-78-7. £6
Review in Cheshire History, October 2016.
Review of the Cheshire Forest Eyre Roll, edited by P.... more Review in Cheshire History, October 2016.
Review of the Cheshire Forest Eyre Roll, edited by P.M. Hill, J. Heery and members of the Ranulf Higden Society (Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, CLI, 2015). ISBN: 9780902593862; hardback, 23.8 cm., 236 pages. 'Ceshire History', October 2016
A full translation of the indictment roll, with a substantial introduction and 100 pp of indexes.... more A full translation of the indictment roll, with a substantial introduction and 100 pp of indexes. The work illustrates the interaction between the maintenance of public order in later 14th century Cheshire and the burden of supporting the war-effort of the county's ruler, Edward the Black Prince (earl of Chester). By the 1370s a serious breakdown in the mechanism of law enforcement took place in the county, particularly in Wirral and in Cheshire's eastern region,
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Review of the Cheshire Forest Eyre Roll, edited by P.M. Hill, J. Heery and members of the Ranulf Higden Society (Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, CLI, 2015). ISBN: 9780902593862; hardback, 23.8 cm., 236 pages. 'Ceshire History', October 2016