Mickleton Jury
Preserved but no longer current.
A corruption of mickle- tourn (magnus turnus), i.e. the jury of court leets, which were visited at Easter and Michael- mas by the county sheriffs in their tourns. In Anglo-Saxon times the great council of the kings was known as the Micklemoot (great assembly).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Mickleton Jury” mean?
A corruption of mickle- tourn (magnus turnus), i.e. the jury of court leets, which were visited at Easter and Michael- mas by the county sheriffs in their tourns. In Anglo-Saxon times the great council of the kings was known as the Micklemoot (great assembly).
Is “Mickleton Jury” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.