Dear All.
Thanks Jim and Len for uploading these wonderful snippets.
A question for our learned colleagues ......
Who played what role on the Summonister Rolls .... ?
Let me start by suggesting a definition. Is this correct, or can we improve on
this?
"A summonister may be described as a court officer who called people to attend
a court hearing, or who collected the fines payable by folks who failed to
attend when summoned, or who were fined for any other non-attendance or
misdemeanour."
Now let's look again at the Summonister Roll snippets that Len has so kindly
transcribed ...
* Some men were described in polite terms, viz. Esq. [Esquire], J.P.
[Justice of the Peace], Provost of Strabane , even as High Sheriff.
* Others were admonished with "fined for non-attendance" , or described as
"felon" .... (Ouch!)
So who were the "good guys" (e.g. doing jury duty) and who the bad guys? (Just
as well no "yellow card" and "red card" systems in those days for chirping the
ref. or colliding head-on in a tackle.)
What interests me also is the impression I get that some of the J.P.'s (for
example) were able to draw their stipends for 2 days and offset these income
receipts against fines payable by them, or vice versa -- which smacks of
fudging the fiscus in some way! Is this a fair conclusion?
Warm regards
Dave Mitchell
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Summonister's Roll, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland July 1630 ]
Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI!
Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario
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