| Court of the Duchy of Lancaster | A supreme Court of Record, held in Somerset
Place, for deciding by the Chancellor of the
said Duchy, all matters of Law or Equity belonging
to the County Palatine of Lancaster |
| Quarter Sessions of the Peace | A Court of Record, held by the Justices of the
City and Liberty of Westminster, four
times a year, at the Guildhall, Westminster,
for all Trespasses, Petty Larcenies, and
other small Offences, committed within the
City and Liberty |
| Westminster Court | Or Court Leet, held by the Dean of Westminster
or his Steward, for choosing parochial
Officers, preventing and removing
Nuisances, &c. |
| Court of Requests,
Castle-street, Leicester-square | Held by Commissioners (being respectable
Housekeepers) for deciding without appeal,
all Pleas for Debts under forty shillings.
For the parishes of St. Margaret, St. John,
St. Martin, St. Paul Covent Garden, St.
Clement Danes, St. Mary le Strand, and
that part of the Dutchy of Lancaster which
joins Westminster |
| Court of Requests,
Vinestreet, Piccadilly | Held in the same manner, and for the same
purposes; for the parishes of St. Anne,
St. George Hanover-square, and St. James,
Westminster |
| Petty Sessions, or Police Court,
held at Bow-street | A Court of Petty Sessions, held by two Magistrates
every day, (Sunday excepted) morning
and evening, for matters of Police, and various
Offences, and Misdemeanors, &c. |
| Police Court or Petty Sessions,
held at Queen-sq. Westminster | A Court of Petty Sessions established by Act
of Parliament, held every day, morning &
evening, (Sunday excepted) by two Magistrates,
for matters of Police, and various
Offences, Misdemeanors, &c. |
| Police Court, or petty Sessions,
held at Great Marlborough-str. | The same. |
| St. Martins-le-Grand Court | A Court of Record, subject to the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster, held every Wednesday,
for the trial of all personal Actions.
The process is by a Capias against the body,
or an Attachment against the goods in this
particular Liberty |
| East Smithfield Court | A Court Leet and Court Baron, held for this
Liberty, to inquire into Nuisances, &c.—In
the Court Baron Pleas are held to the
amount of forty shillings |
| Finsbury Court | A Court Leet held once a year, by a Steward
of the Lord-Mayor, as Lord of the Manor of
Finsbury, for inquiring into those Nuisances
competent for Leet Juries, by ancient usage,
and swearing in Constables for the Manor |
| St. Catherine's Court | Two Courts are competent to be held within
this small Precinct, for Actions of Debt and
Trespass, at St. Catherine's near the Tower |
| Whitechapel Court | A Court held by the Steward of the Manor of
Stepney, by whom, and a Jury, are tried Actions
of Debt for 5l. and under, &c. &c. |
| Sheriff's Court | For the County of Middlesex, for Actions of
Debt, Trespasses, Assaults, &c. |
| Quarter and General sessions
of the Peace, and Sessions of
Oyer and Terminer | Held by the Justices of the County of Middlesex,
eight times a year, at the New Sessions
House, Clerkenwell Green, for all
Trespasses, Petty Larcenies, Misdemeanors,
and other offences, &c. and for Roads,
Bridges, and other County Affairs |
| Petty Sessions or Police Court,
established by Act of Parliament | A Court of Petty Sessions, held every morning
and evening, (Sunday excepted) by two
Magistrates, at the Public Office, in Hatton
Garden, for matters of Police and various
Offences, Misdemeanors, &c. |
| Petty Session, or Police Court | At the Public Office, Worship-street, near
Finsbury-square, by two Justices, for objects
of Police, &c. |
| Idem | At the Public Office, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel |
| Idem | At the Public Office, High-street, Shadwell |
| Two Coroner's Courts | For inquiring into causes of sudden death |
| Court of Requests | Small debts under 40s. without appeal,
held in Fulwood's Rents, Holborn, for the
Division of Finsbury |
| Court of Requests | For small debts under 40s. without appeal,
held in Osborn-street, Whitechapel, by
Commissioners, under the Act of Parliament,
chosen annually by the several Parishes
in the Tower Hamlets |
| General and Quarter Sessions of the
Peace for the Liberty of the Tower of London. | Held by the Justices of that Liberty,
8 times a year for Petty Larcenies,
Trespasses, Felonies, and Misdemeanors,
&c. within that particular District |
| Court of Record | Held at St. Margaret's Hill, Southwark, by
the Lord-Mayor's Steward, for Actions of
small Debts, Damages, Trespass, &c. |
| Court of Record | For the Clink Liberty, held near Bankside,
in Southwark, by the Bishop of Winchester's
Steward, for Actions of Debt, Trespass, &c.
within that Liberty |
| Marshalsea Court | A Court of Record (or the Court of the Royal
Palace) having jurisdiction 12 miles round
Whitehall (exclusive of the City of London)
for actions of Debts, Damages, Trespasses,
&c. and subject to be removed to a higher
Court of Law, when above 5l. |
| Court of Requests | For the recovery of small Debts under 40s.
without appeal, held at St. Margaret's Hill,
by Commissioners chosen under the Act of
Parliament, by the different Parishes |
| Coroners' Court | To inquire into causes of sudden Death—in
Southwark, &c. |
| Quarter Sessions of the Peace | Held by the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen, at
St. Margaret's Hill, for the Borough of
Southwark |
| Quarter Sessions of the Peace
for the County of Surry | Held at the New Sessions House in
Southwark, by the Magistrates of the
County of Surry |
| Petty Sessions, or Police Court,
established by Act of Parliament | A Court held every morning and evening
by two Justices, at the Public Office, Union
Hall, Union-street, Southwark, for Objects
of Police, &c. |
1. King's Bench Prison, for Debtors on Process or Execution in the King's Bench, &c. St. George's Fields
2. Fleet Prison, for Debtors on Process, &c. in the Common Pleas, &c. Fleet Market