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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction.— The Black Death and the enactment of the ordi- 

 nance and of the statute of labourers ^ 



PART I 



The Enforcement of the Statutes of Labourers by Special 



Machinery 7 



CHAPTER I 



Account of the Justices of Labourers 9 



(1) The form of their commissions lo 



(2) Their relation to the keepers of the peace i? 



(3) Method of appointment and removal 26 



(4) Territorial districts of their jurisdiction 36 



(5) Their oath of office 40 



(6) The amount of their salaries 44 



(7) The personnel of the commissions 49 



CHAPTER II 



Proceedings before the Justices of Labourers 57 



(i) General description of the sessions and of the sessional records. 58 



(2) Procedure in sessions "5 



(3) Clauses of the ordinance and statute most frequently enforced . 71 



(4) Economic and social status of the delinquents 77 



(5) Penahies ^^ 



(6) Rates of wages and prices °7 



(7) Supervision of the proceedings of the justices of labourers 92 



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