How far do you agree that in the years 1485 – 1603 the role and authority of the Justice of the Peace was transformed?

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  • How far do you agree that in the years 1485 – 1603 the role and authority of the Justice of the Peace was transformed?
    • LOA:  agree- role transformed from punishment to enforcemnt
    • P1- how it began and started to change
      • 1495-allowed to act on info without jury's permission
      • Hviii- 2200
      • Jps appointed for life
      • 1549- role began to expand
        • jps resopnisble for taking inventories of parishes during the dissolution
    • P2 counter arguement
      • still mostly responisble for punishment eg poor laws
      • still only 1500 jps in elizabeths reign
      • could be argued that this shows that the responsibilities did not develop significantly
      • still issues in localites eg ketts - away
    • P3- later development
      • 1572- responsible for listing the poor in each parish
      • 1563 statue of artificer - responsible for fixing wages
      • 1598 - licence to beg signed by 2 JPs
        • responsible for collecting donations
      • by the end of 1603, jps had direct influence in the localites and their role had greatly developed

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