In the Middle Ages, the Welsh Marches constituted a region distinct from the Kingdom of England. and the Principality of Wales. Sovereignty in the Marches belonged to the English crown, but the kings writ did not run in the lands of the Welsh Marcher Lords who until 1536 had royal rights of Jurisdiction and appointed their own justices. This volume contains the first study of the sessions in eyre or Great Sessions held in the Welsh Marcher Lordships in the periods Between Glyn Dw’rs, Rebellion and the Union of England and Wales in 1536. Among the documents printed is the text of assize rolls of the Great Sessions which took place in a Marcher Lordships of South Wales.
The Marcher Lordships of South Wales 1415-1536: Select Documents by Pugh c1963
Title: The Marcher Lordships of South Wales 1415-1536
Author: T B Pugh (Editor)
Publisher : University of Wales
Publication Hardback
Format: 1963Condition: Maroon covers with gilt lettering to spine which are in a good condition with minor bumping to corners. It comes with its dust jacket which has some light shelf wear and creasing to the edges and scuff mark to the lower right corner. Pages are clean with no ink or pencil marks. Ex libris sticker to inside front cover but no stamps so assume from a private library
Book measures: 25cm x 16cm with 326 pages.