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52 relations: Attainder, Battery (crime), Bradford on Avon, Breach of contract, Chance medley, Common land, Constable, Coulston, Crataegus monogyna, Debt, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Domesday Book, Edgar the Peaceful, Edington, Wiltshire, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, Felony, Frankpledge, Frederic William Maitland, Henry I of England, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Hue and cry, Hundred (county division), Keevil, Manorialism, Marquess of Winchester, Melksham, North Bradley, Oak, Petty session, Poor law union, Quarter session, Ralph Pugh, Romsey Abbey, Salisbury Plain, Shilling, Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet, Somerset, Southwick, Wiltshire, Steeple Ashton, Stephen, King of England, The Crown, Tilshead, Tithing, West Ashton, Westbury, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, Wiltshire County Council, Wiltshire Victoria County History, Woodland, ..., Workhouse, Writ. Expand index (2 more) »
Attainder
In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason).
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Battery (crime)
Battery is a criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.
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Bradford on Avon
Bradford on Avon (sometimes Bradford-on-Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, with a population of 9,402 at the 2011 census.
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Breach of contract
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.
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Chance medley
Chance medley (from the Anglo-French chance-medlee, a mixed chance), also 'chaunce medley' or 'chaude melle', is a term from English law used to describe a homicide arising from a sudden quarrel or fight.
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Common land
Common land is land owned collectively by a number of persons, or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.
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Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement.
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Coulston
Coulston (until 1934 called East Coulston) is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, five miles northeast of the town of Westbury, just north of the B3098 road.
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Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna, known as common hawthorn or single-seeded hawthorn, is a species of hawthorn native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
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Debt
Debt is when something, usually money, is owed by one party, the borrower or debtor, to a second party, the lender or creditor.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.
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Domesday Book
Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.
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Edgar the Peaceful
Edgar (Ēadgār; 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death.
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Edington, Wiltshire
Edington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about east-northeast of Westbury.
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500 – 22 January 1552) was Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, King Edward VI (1547–1553).
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Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury (1187 – 24 August 1261) was a wealthy English heiress and the suo jure Countess of Salisbury, having succeeded to the title in 1196 upon the death of her father, William FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Salisbury.
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Felony
The term felony, in some common law countries, is defined as a serious crime.
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Frankpledge
Frankpledge, was a system of joint suretyship common in England throughout the Early Middle Ages.
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Frederic William Maitland
Frederic William Maitland, FBA (28 May 1850 – 19 December 1906) was an English historian and lawyer who is generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.
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Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death.
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High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.
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Hue and cry
In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime.
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Hundred (county division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.
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Keevil
Keevil is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about east of the centre of Trowbridge and a similar distance south of Melksham.
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Manorialism
Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.
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Marquess of Winchester
Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire.
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Melksham
Melksham is a town on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Trowbridge and south of Chippenham.
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North Bradley
North Bradley is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, between Trowbridge and Westbury.
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Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.
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Petty session
The Court of Petty Session, established from around the 1730s, was a local court consisting of magistrates held for a hundred in England, Wales, and Ireland.
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Poor law union
A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Quarter session
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England (including Wales) from 1388 until 1707, then in 18th-century Great Britain, in the later United Kingdom, and in other dominions of the British Empire.
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Ralph Pugh
Ralph Bernard Pugh (1 August 1910 – 3 December 1982) was an historian and editor of the Victoria History of the Counties of England from 1949 to 1977.
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Romsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England in Romsey, a market town in Hampshire, England.
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Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering.
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Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.
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Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 December 1758 – 19 May 1838) was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveller of the 18th and 19th centuries, the first major figure in the detailed study of the history of his home county of Wiltshire.
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Somerset
Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.
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Southwick, Wiltshire
Southwick is a semi-rural village and civil parish southwest of the county town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.
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Steeple Ashton
Steeple Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, east of Trowbridge.
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Stephen, King of England
Stephen (Étienne; – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 1135 to his death, as well as Count of Boulogne from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 until 1144.
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The Crown
The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their sub-divisions (such as Crown dependencies, provinces, or states).
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Tilshead
Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in southern England.
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Tithing
A tithing or tything was a historic English legal, administrative or territorial unit, originally ten hides (and hence, one tenth of a hundred).
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West Ashton
West Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
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Westbury, Wiltshire
Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse.
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.
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Wiltshire County Council
Wiltshire County Council (established in 1889) was the county council of Wiltshire in the South West of England, an elected local Government body responsible for most local government services in the county.
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Wiltshire Victoria County History
The Wiltshire Victoria County History, properly called The Victoria History of the County of Wiltshire but commonly referred to as VCH Wiltshire, is an encyclopaedic history of the county of Wiltshire in England.
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Woodland
Woodland, is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade.
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Workhouse
In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment.
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Writ
In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon gewrit, Latin breve) is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whorwellsdown_Hundred
