- Keeper of the Peace
- Usually a local lord or knight responsible at first for the *hue and cry. The keeper evolved into the "justice of the peace.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Keeper of the Peace
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