Catalogue description PECULIAR JURISDICTIONS

This record is held by Gloucestershire Archives

Details of GDR/W
Reference: GDR/W
Title: PECULIAR JURISDICTIONS
Description:

The Peculiars of Bibury, Bishop's Cleeve and Withington all owed their special jurisdiction to having been manors of the Bishop of Worcester; when the diocese of Gloucester was founded in 1541 these were not incorporated in it. The Rector of each Peculiar exercised jurisdiction through his appointed Official or Chancellor; some Rectors acted as their own Officials. See Wills Proved in Gloucestershire Peculiar Courts (Gloucester City Libraries Local History Pamphlet No. 2), pp. 3-11.

 

Peculiar jurisdiction was abolished in 1847 (Order in Council 17 June 1847; G4/1).

Held by: Gloucestershire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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