I published a number of articles based on the thesis, including ones on the City Elections Act (1725), the Sheriffs controversy and (a new approach to) City politics from Shaftesbury to Wilkes: see my Published work for details. An Act for reviveing the Judicature for determination of Differences touching Houses burnt downe and demolished by reason of the late Fire, which happened in London, and for rebuilding of the Navy Office. Cat/Jane is still spiky and determined, but her cat-like distrust of people relaxes a little, while Marwood’s guilt over his father and his struggles after being badly injured make it easy to warm to him. Professor Tidmarsh will explain how a six section Act of Parliament set up the Fire Courts which unclogged the Courts and succeeded in resolving a tsunami of disputes in a remarkably short time. It’s something you’d expect to see in a palace rather than a small parish church in Worcestershire – another echo of Witley Court’s glory days.

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While in Oxford I helped complete the work of my supervisor, Dame Lucy Sutherland, on the 18th-century volume of the History of the University, with a chapter on the administration of the colleges. Five miles north of Witley Court, Astley Vineyard is one of the oldest vineyards in the UK and runs vineyard tours and wine tastings.Andrew Taylor has also written a number of novellas with ghostly or other-worldly themes, originally as Kindle Singles. London had two Sheriffs who each held a court at his compter which also served as a prison for debtors and other prisoners.

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The Court of Judicature or 'Fire Court' was created by statute to settle disputes as to boundaries, old foundations, encroachments etc. After Dudley married banking heiress Rachel Gurney, Witley Court hosted a string of shooting parties, with famous attendees including the Prince of Wales. The city is being rebuilt in the wake of the Great Fire, and responsibility for adjudicating property disputes lies with the Fire Court.Often these papers will merely duplicate what is already known from the other sources, but occasionally there may be additional details. HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal. Photograph: John Phillips/Getty Images A model of London’s 17th-century skyline blazes … Andrew Taylor’s vivid The Fire Court begins with the aftermath, in 1667.

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In the late 19th century, it was a real-life Downton Abbey, hosting royalty at shooting parties and society balls, with a fleet of staff below stairs keeping things running smoothly. And once more he meets Cat Lovett, daughter of a regicide, now in hiding not just from those who want revenge on her for her father’s sake, but from her own family, who intend to marry her to a rapist. They are of particular interest owing to the full inventories of goods and chattels on which executions were made. But Dudley was burning through his fortune at a rate, foreign competition was hitting his businesses and when his wife drowned in an accident in Ireland, he decided to sell up.William Blackstone, Edward Gibbon and Thomas Winchester: the Case for an Oxford Enlightenment’, in Blackstone and his Critics, eds. This court was constituted by an Act of Common Council in 1518 under which commissioners were appointed to hear cases for the recovery of small debts not exceeding 40 shillings. However, these sittings were wholly independent of the civic authorities and their records are held by The National Archives. His investigation brings him back into contact with tough-minded Cat – now living under an assumed name – and he turns to her for help. Inventories CLA/002/02/002-0260 are not summarised in the Common Serjeant's Books, but are indexed at the back of the Index to the Common Serjeant's Books.