What Are Quarter Sessions?
The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions Were Local Courts Traditionally Held at Four Set Times Each Year in the Kingdom of England from 1388. They...
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388. They were also established in Scotland, Ireland and in various other dominions of the British Empire.
What was the role of the Quarter Sessions?
Quarter sessions, formerly, in England and Wales, sessions of a court held four times a year by a justice of the peace to hear criminal charges as well as civil and criminal appeals.
What are Quarter Sessions order books?
The records document Quarter Session judges' decisions in matters that include settlement inquiries, highway rates, criminal trials, registers of settlement, orders of removal, bastardy examinations, apprenticeships, licensing, contracts, lists of justices, and other matters related to the business of running the ...
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