Council of the North

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administrative body institution of the Kingdom of England judicial body regional council

The Council of the North was a regional administrative and judicial body of the Kingdom of England, based in York, that governed and maintained royal authority in the northern counties from the late Middle Ages to the 17th century.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative body ⓘ
institution of the Kingdom of England ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
regional council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction northern counties of England ⓘ
chairedBy President of the Council of the North ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
dissolvedUnder reign of Charles I ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
function arbitration of local disputes ⓘ
enforcement of royal proclamations ⓘ
hearing of civil cases ⓘ
hearing of criminal cases ⓘ
implementation of religious policy ⓘ
oversight of justices of the peace ⓘ
governedRegion Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westmorland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
border counties with Scotland ⓘ
parts of Derbyshire ⓘ
parts of Lancashire ⓘ
parts of Nottinghamshire ⓘ
hadSeatAt King's Manor, York NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole administration of royal policy ⓘ
hearing appeals from northern courts ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
maintenance of royal authority ⓘ
overseeing local government ⓘ
regional governance ⓘ
suppression of disorder ⓘ
headquartersLocation York NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn York NERFINISHED ⓘ
membersIncluded bishops ⓘ
northern nobility ⓘ
royal officials ⓘ
reestablishedBy Henry VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedAfter Pilgrimage of Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Privy Council of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Tudor period ⓘ
early Stuart period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset → associatedWith → Council of the North ⓘ
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon → associatedWith → Council of the North ⓘ
President of the Council of the North → authorityOver → Council of the North ⓘ
President of the Council of the North → officeHolderOf → Council of the North ⓘ
President of the Council of the North → partOf → Council of the North ⓘ
Tudor government → usedInstitution → Council of the North ⓘ