Hearings of the Court of Requests, 1493-1538 : (TNA REQ1) / edited by Laura Flannigan

"One of the many developments in royal justice under the early Tudors was the Court of Requests. Comprised of men working in the king's attendant household and council, Requests heard and determined all manner of interpersonal disputes presented by ordinary people from across England, Wales, and beyond. Its procedures of summoning subjects under subpoena, ordering investigative commissions, and gathering for hearings brought a wide range of people into contact with the royal administration. These volumes calendar the entries from the Court's earliest books of orders and decrees, from their commencement in 1493 through to 1538. It also prints selected decrees, lists entries by county, and provides indexes for names and places. These records allow us to glimpse the daily procedures of justice-giving in this transformational period, as well as the people they served."--.