See also:

• ASSIZE

ASSIZE OF See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• ASSIZE OF NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

NORTHAMPTON  , a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAWS

laws issued in 1176, is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of instructions to six committees of three See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges each, which were to visit the six circuits into which See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was divided for the purpose . Though purporting to be a reissue of the See also:

• ASSIZE

Assize of See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon (1166), it contains in fact many new provisions . As compared with the earlier assize it prescribes greater severity of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for criminal offences; See also:

• ARSON (from Lat. ardere, to burn)

arson and See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery were henceforth to be crimes about which the jurors are to enquire; and those who failed at the See also:

• ORDEAL (O.Eng. ordal, ordael, judgment)

ordeal were to lose a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand as well as a See also:

• FOOT

foot . In what is perhaps the most important See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section we may probably see the origin of the possessory See also:

• ACTION

action of most d'ancestor, an innovation scarcely less striking than the institution of the novel disseisin in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1166 . The justices were also ordered to try proprietary actions commenced by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ for the recovery of See also:

• LAND

land held by the service of See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight's See also:

• FEE

fee or less . In their fiscal capacity they were to enquire into escheats, churches, lands and See also:

• WOMEN

women in the king's See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift . The royal bailiffs were to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer at the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer for rents of assize and all the perquisites which they made in their offices, and apparently the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of enforcing this See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision was entrusted to the justices . As a result of the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1173–1174 it was provided that an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of fealty should be taken by all, " to wit, barons, knights, freeholders and even villeins (rustici)", and that any one who refused should be arrested as the king's enemy, and the justices were to see that the castles whose demolition had been ordered were completely razed .