General Introduction 1
Part Ⅰ．Enforcement by Private Interests 15
Introduction 17
Chapter Ⅰ．Informations and Patents 24
Chapter Ⅱ．The Professional Informer：Methods and Rewards 40
Chapter Ⅲ．Regulation of Informers 63
Chapter Ⅳ．The Distribution of Private Prosecutions among Areas and Occupations 77
Chapter Ⅴ．Business Fluctuations and Apprenticeship Prosecutions 108
Chapter Ⅵ．Effectiveness of Private Interests 143
Part Ⅱ．Enforcement by Public Agencies 159
Introduction 161
Chapter Ⅶ．Constables and Justices 166
Chapter Ⅷ．Local Presentment 188
Chapter Ⅸ．Justices In and Out of Sessions 206
Chapter Ⅹ．The Central Government 229
Chapter Ⅺ．Effectiveness of Public Agencies 244
Conclusion 259
Appendixes 269
Ⅰ．Provisions of the Statute of Artificers Relating to Apprenticeship 271
Ⅱ．Tables of Prosecutions in Two Westminster Courts and Quarter Sessions for Seven-Year Term，Act of 1563，by Selected Counties and in Aggregate：1563-1603；1603-1625；1625-1642 275
Ⅲ．Summary of Fees and Charges 278
Bibliography 281
Index 303