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The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 2)

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The decrees ‘lift the lid’, so to speak, on the way City of London property was owned, occupied and generally ‘used’.

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Her male superior throws her a bone – the opportunity to investigate a cold case of her choice to keep her occupied in the fortnight before she hands in her badge. While in Oxford I helped complete the work of my supervisor, Dame Lucy Sutherland, on the 18th-century volume of the History of the University, with a chapter on the administration of the colleges.He reviews in several publications, in particular the Spectator [2] (whose crime fiction reviewer he was for ten years) and The Times. However, these sittings were wholly independent of the civic authorities and their records are held by The National Archives. My final work him comprised two essays, first on his outwardly odd interest in the work of William Prynne and then on Thomas Winchester, Blackstone’s Oxford ally and Edward Gibbon’s famously maligned tutor.

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Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. I published a number of articles based on the thesis, including ones on the City Elections Act (1725), the Sheriffs controversy and (a new approach to) City politics from Shaftesbury to Wilkes: see my Published work for details. This makes life complicated enough, but then his father starts talking about a murder in a solicitor’s chamber at Clifford’s Inn which, it’s assumed, he imagined. The Selden Society and the historical societies of the four Inns of Court have joined forces to establish a new series of annual lectures open to scholars, members and students of the Inns and the general public to show the relevance of a wider understanding of Legal History. Thankfully, this engaging and thoroughly humane memoir of his experiences at the National avoids both luvvie anecdotes and excessive angst.

It’s where the biggest parties were held, and would’ve been covered with gilded plasterwork and hung with crystal chandeliers. Since then I have considered trusts and settlements, women owners/occupiers and related issues in a discussion of ‘Law and Practice in 17th century London’, published in Urban History, vol.

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The inventories cover personal estate, such as domestic wares, merchandise, ready money and debts, rather than real estate, such as property. The Aldermen met weekly in the Court of Husting and it is generally considered that the Court of Aldermen developed from the administrative side of this Court. Expertly plotted, with an ending that’s a true shocker, The Darkness is the first book in a trilogy featuring this engaging investigator, which is good news.Fiona Lawson arrives home to find a family busy moving into the desirable south London residence she shares with estranged husband, Bram, and their two children – but they hadn’t made plans to sell and, as far as she’s aware, the place wasn’t on the market. In the 16th century, the Common Serjeant, who presided over the Court of Orphans, developed his own series of records. College Administration’, in The History of the University of Oxford: Volume V (the Eighteenth Century), edd.

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