First eyre of English justices in common
1176
Henry II dispatched teams of royal judges on a general visitation of the counties, applying the Assize of Northampton. The regular eyres they established would bring the king's justice into every English village within a generation, eroding seigneurial courts. The travelling justices heard criminal cases, settled land disputes, and inspected local government, creating a uniform legal system that bound the kingdom together more effectively than any army.
In context
Also in 1176 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1175: Treaty of Windsor
- After: 1178: Andrei Bogolyubsky assassinated
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.