Justiciar of Chester

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administrative office judicial office royal office

The Justiciar of Chester was a high-ranking royal official in medieval England responsible for administering justice and overseeing governance in the County Palatine of Chester.

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Label	Occurrences
Justiciar of Chester canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative office ⓘ judicial office ⓘ royal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	County Palatine of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ Earldom of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Earl of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ King of England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
function	administration of civil justice ⓘ administration of criminal justice ⓘ collection of certain revenues ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ
governmentForm	palatine jurisdiction ⓘ
governs	Chester county courts NERFINISHED ⓘ palatine eyre sessions in Cheshire ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	courts of the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ local royal officials in Chester ⓘ sheriff of Cheshire ⓘ
hasRole	chief judicial officer in the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ enforcement of royal justice in Chester ⓘ head of local administration in the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ implementation of palatine privileges ⓘ overseer of governance in the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ presiding over courts in Chester ⓘ representative of the king in the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ supervision of royal officials in Chester ⓘ
languageOfRecord	Anglo-Norman French ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ palatine customary law ⓘ
officeHolder	Fulk le Strange NERFINISHED ⓘ John de Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph de Montalt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranulf de Blondeville NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	palatine administration of Chester ⓘ royal government of medieval England ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	one of the highest officers in the palatinate of Chester ⓘ
relatedTo	County Palatine ⓘ Justiciar of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfOffice	Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Earl of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInPeriod	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Thomas, Lord Stanley → positionHeld → Justiciar of Chester ⓘ