Statute of Winchester

The Statute of Winchester of 1285 (13 Edw. I, St. 2; Law French: Statutum Wynton), also known as the Statute of Winton, was a statute in England by King Edward I of England that reformed the system of Watch and Ward (watchmen) of the Assize of Arms of 1252, and revived the jurisdiction of the local courts.^[1]^[2] It received royal assent on 8 October 1285.

It was the primary legislation enacted to regulate the policing of the country between the Norman Conquest and the Metropolitan Police Act 1829.^[3] Of particular note was the requirement to raise hue and cry, and that "the whole hundred … shall be answerable" for any theft or robbery, in effect a form of collective responsibility.

Chapters

The Statute of Winchester is composed of 6 chapters:

Chapter	Title
1	Fresh Suit shall be made after Felons and Robbers from Town to Town, &c.
2	Inquiry of Felons and Robbers, and the County shall answer if they be not taken.
3	This Act shall be respited until Easter next.
4	At what Times the Gates of great Towns shall be shut, and when the Night Watch shall begin and end.
5	Breadth of Highways leading from one Market-Town to another.
6	That View of Arms be made. Hue and Cry shall be followed. Fairs or Markets shall not be kept in Church-yards.

References

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Statute of Winchester

↑ Stubbs, William (1870). Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Edward the First. Clarendon Press. p. 459.
↑ Tout, Thomas Frederick (1905). The Political History of England: The History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III, 1216-1377. AMS Press. p. 154.
↑ Critchley, Thomas Alan (1978). A History of Police in England and Wales. The Statute of Winchester was the only general public measure of any consequence enacted to regulate the policing of the country between the Norman Conquest and the Metropolitan Police Act, 1829…

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