THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE 1541-1689

Compiled and edited by J. R. S. Phillips

pp 441 1975

ISBN 0-7083-0563-6

This volume is an attempt to identify the Justices of the Peace from their first recorded appearance in Wales in 1541 until the year 1689. It forms a detailed guide to the politically active and socially significant members of the gentry in the counties of Wales and Monmouthshire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

` . . . an invaluable and henceforth indispensable work of reference.' (Welsh History Review)

` . . . carefully prepared with a high degree of accuracy . . . ' (English Historical Review)