Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Queen, Government and Religion.
Unpaid local landowners who were appointed by the government to enforce law and order in their respective counties.
Justices of the Peace (JPs) appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Early Elizabethan England, especially Queen, Government and Religion and Situation on Accession.
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Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel
Crime and Punishment in Medieval England • Nature of Law Enforcement and Punishment