Courts reorga
1166 Assize of Clarendon
Prisons set up for those who awaits
Visit each county twice a year
Increased role of King & more centralised
Royal judges - Justices
and uniformed court system
Hear most serious criminal cases
Standard written instructions issued t
sheriffs
Growth of towns
More opportunities for crime
More centralised approach needed to control
crime
1166 Assize of Clarendon
Prisons set up for those who awaits
Visit each county twice a year
Increased role of King & more centralised
Royal judges - Justices
and uniformed court system
Hear most serious criminal cases
Standard written instructions issued t
sheriffs
Growth of towns
More opportunities for crime
More centralised approach needed to control
crime