William Lambarde
William Lambarde (18 October 1536 – 19 August 1601) was an English
antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician. He is particularly remembered as the author of ''A Perambulation of Kent'' (1576), the first
English county history; ''Eirenarcha'' (1581), a widely read manual on the office and role of
justice of the peace; and ''Archeion'' (completed c.1591, though not published until 1635), a discourse that sought to trace the
Anglo-Saxon roots of English
common law,
prerogative and government.
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