People, Place and Power – The Grand Jury System in Ireland

Local Government Archivists and Records Managers 1 Contents Foreword 2 Introduction: The Origins of the Grand Jury in Ireland 4 Part 1: People, Place and Power 9 1.1. People 10 1.2. Place 21 1.3. Power 28 Part 2: Sources for the Grand Jury in Ireland 33 2.1. Destruction and Survival 34 2.2. Civil records: Presentments Books and Abstracts, Query Books and Financials 37 2.3. Judicial Records: Assizes Court Books 44 Conclusion 46 Further Reading 50 Notes 51 Local Government Archivists and Records Managers 54 Bear Peninsula on Neville Bath’s Grand Jury Map of Cork, 1811. L. Brown Collection