Thursday, November 04, 2010

Question from Nancy - Investigating a murder in Henry VIII's reign

When there was a murder in Henry VIII's time, who investigated it: the coroner, the justice of the peace or the constable? How did these officials work together or overlap--if they did?

1 comment:

shtove said...

Good question.

This is the best starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutes_of_the_Lawes_of_England