Council of the Marches of Wales

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council judicial body regional administrative body

The Council of the Marches of Wales was a regional administrative and judicial body of late medieval and early modern England, established to govern and maintain order in Wales and the bordering English counties.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Council in the Marches of Wales 1
Council of Wales and the Marches 1
Council of the Marches of Wales canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf council ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
regional administrative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Wales ⓘ
Welsh Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordering English counties ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved 1689 ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
dissolvedBy Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedFor control of the Welsh Marches ⓘ
extension of royal authority into border regions ⓘ
governance of Wales ⓘ
hasEffect centralization of royal power in Wales ⓘ
reduction of marcher lords’ autonomy ⓘ
hasFunction arbitrating disputes among local elites ⓘ
enforcing public order ⓘ
hearing legal appeals ⓘ
overseeing local officials ⓘ
regulating administration in Wales ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
various marcher lordships ⓘ
hasRole administration of justice ⓘ
implementation of royal policy ⓘ
maintenance of order ⓘ
regional governance ⓘ
headedBy Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Stuart period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
inception 1470s ⓘ
reign of Edward IV ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus royal council ⓘ
locatedIn Ludlow NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf English royal government ⓘ
relatedTo Laws in Wales Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy integration of Wales into English legal system ⓘ
regular English judicial circuits in Wales ⓘ
seat Ludlow Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent expansion of authority under Henry VIII ⓘ
reorganization under Henry VII ⓘ
subordinateTo English Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage English law ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ludlow Castle → governedBy → Council of the Marches of Wales ⓘ
Arthur, Prince of Wales → governedRegion → Council of the Marches of Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Wales and the Marches
Tudor government → usedInstitution → Council of the Marches of Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council in the Marches of Wales