medieval-atlas/administration/211

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Justice ayres in the fifteenth century This map illustrates the circuits of the fifteenth-century justiciars as they may be deduced from a variety ofsources. There is little change from the thirteenth century save that the justiciary of Galloway was not revived by Robert 1(1306-20). Instead it was subsumed within the justiciary of Lothian, which was renamed the justiciary south of Forth at the end of David Il's reign . The justiciary of Scotia had already become the justiciary north of Forth. Some ofthe ayre towns changed: Lauder replaced Berwick and Jedburgh Roxburgh, as a • Ayre towns o Former ayre towns ~Direction of travel of ayres _-----~ Conjectural direction of travel of ayres result of English occupation, while the ayre of Angus was held sometimes in Forfar, sometimes in Dundee. Some sheriffdoms do not seem to have received ayre visitations, notably Argyll, where local lieutenants were sometimes given justiciary powers. In theory, the ayres were still held twice a year and they were held more often than has usually been held by historians. The ayres were also supplemented by ad hoc commissions ofjusticiary. ( .... .... / ••/ \...?'