The justices of peace of Anglo-Scottish border, 1528-1536

The article is devoted to the work of Northumberland and Cumberland local government in 1528-1536. The period 1528-1536 was one of the richest of events in the history of the royal policy towards anglo-scottish borderlands. It included the restoration of aristocratic families of Percy and Dacre power, war with Scotland, removing of William, Lord Dacre from the post of Warden of the West Marches. These events must have had an influence on work of commission of peace, the backbone of Tudor local government. The subject of this article is to study changes in personnel and scope of commission of peace of Northumberland and Cumberland. As the analyses show, the number of justices of peace rose to 36-39 in Northumberland and 25-31 in Cumberland. There were some groups in peace commission: the officers of central and border administration, justices of assizes and local nobility and gentry. The members of Duke of Richmond’s Council comprised a significant part of justices of peace...