Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535

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Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Acte for recontynuyng of certayne liberties and francheses heretofore taken frome the Crowne. [2]
Citation 27 Hen. 8. c. 24
Dates
Royal assent 14 April 1536
Status: Repealed

The Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 24) was an Act of the Parliament of England curtailing the independent jurisdiction of liberties and counties palatine, bringing them more in line with the royal government of the shires. [3] [4] It was promoted by Thomas Cromwell. [5] The geographical area of many of the liberties corresponded to monasteries which were to be dissolved. Opposition to the Act was a factor in the Pilgrimage of Grace revolt in Yorkshire in 1536. [4]

The Laws in Wales Act 1535 similarly abolished the Marcher Lordships of Wales. In the Lordship of Ireland, the 1537 Act of Absentees had similarities, extinguishing the palatine privileges of English absentee lords whose undergoverned lands had provided succour to Silken Thomas' 1534 rebellion. [6] [7]

Provisions

Sections of the Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535 [3] [8] [9]
§ SoR

[n 1]

§ Ruff

[n 2]

ProvisionRepealed by [n 3]
11No person shall pardon for treason and felony except the king. Criminal Law Act 1967
22No person shall make justices except the king. Justices of the Peace Act 1949
33Judicial writs and indictments shall be in the name of the king. Courts Act 1971 [n 3]
3 (ctd)4Only the king's peace, not anyone else'sCourts Act 1971 [n 3]
45Exception for Lancashire, whose county court can continue to use a distinct judicial seal.Justices of the Peace Act 1949
56Exception for ancient boroughs with their own justicesJustices of the Peace Act 1949
67The bailiffs and other officers of a shire can operate within any liberty which is within the shire
78Exception for ancient boroughs with their own bailiffs or officers
89Fines levied by bailiffs or officers are due to the king
910 Purveyance allowed within liberties... Statute Law Revision Act 1863
9 (ctd)11...using the same form as elsewhereStatute Law Revision Act 1863
1012When the king is in a liberty, only his Verge (Marshalsea Court) and his Clerk of the Market shall act... Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (part related to Clerk of the Market) [n 3]
1113...exception for the City of London's court and clerk
1214Existing statutes applying to sheriffs and bailiffs shall apply to officers of liberties
1315...except that liberty officers can remain in office for more than one year
1416Sessions of the justice of the peace and gaol delivery shall take the same form within liberties as elsewhere...Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (so far as it related to justices of the peace) [n 3]
1517...except that they must take place within the libertyJustices of the Peace Act 1949 (so far as it related to justices of the peace) [n 3]
1618Saving for Sir Thomas Englefield, justice of Cheshire and Flintshire Statute Law Revision Act 1948
1719Exception for ancient boroughs with their own courts
1820Exception that the Bishop of Ely shall be justice of the peace for the Isle of Ely Statute Law Revision Act 1948
1921Exception that the Bishop of Durham and his temporal chancellor shall be justices of the peace for County Durham Justices of the Peace Act 1968 (for temporal chancellor); Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (for bishop)
2022Exception that the Archbishop of York and his temporal chancellor shall be justices of the peace for Hexhamshire Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Notes
  1. Section numbering in revised editions of the Statutes of the Realm. [9]
  2. Section numbering in Owen Ruffhead's edition of the Statutes. [8]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The whole act was repealed by the Justices of the Peace Act 1968, except the repeal of section 3 did not affect the form to be taken by the process of any court. The preamble was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967 and the words of commencement by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
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  9. 1 2 "27 Henry VIII c.24". Henry III to James II. Revised edition of the statutes. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Eyre & Spottiswood. 1870. pp. 463–7, and lxxii.