Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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CongregationalistsSee Independents. | |
CopyholdA form of manorial tenure. | |
Corn LawSee Anti-Corn Law League. | |
Council in the MarchesAdministrative and judicial body created in 1471 and given statutory existence by the Act of Union, Second (1543). From 1473 it was based at Ludlow Castle. See March, The. | |
County BenchCommonly used collective term for the magistrates or justices of the peace for a county. | |
Coupon ElectionThe 1918 election in which approved candidates from both Liberal and Conservative parties were given a letter of endorsement — the coupon. | |
Coursing MatchRelates to the ‘sport’ of hare coursing. | |
Court of Star ChamberThe most important court in England and Wales. Roughly, the Privy Council sitting as a court. | |
Courts of Great SessionsCourts of law established by the Act of Union, First (1536); gave twelve of the Welsh counties a distinctive system of justice. | |
CrecyBattle in 1346 between Edward III and Philip VI of France during the Hundred Years’ War. A victory for Edward. | |