british punishment as tradition in bermuda island / tradisi  hukum inggris  buat penggibah
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Date: 2020-05-09

When settled, in the 17th century, first by the Virginia Company, then by its spin-off, the Somers Isles Company, Bermuda was divided into nine equally sized administrative areas. These comprised one public territory (known as St. George's) and eight "tribes" (soon retitled as "parishes"). These "tribes" were subdivided into lots, separated by narrow tribe roads (supposedly created by clearing the path of a barrel rolled from the south to north shores). These roads served both to demarcate the boundaries of lots, and also as access routes to the shoreline, as the primary method of transport about Bermuda would remain by boat for the next three centuries. Each of the lots equated to shares in the company. Each of the tribes was named for a major "adventurer" (shareholder) of the Company. Most were nobles, who used the toponyms of their titles, hence most of the parishes bear place names from England, Scotland, or Wales: Devonshire (for William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, 1552–1626), Hamilton (for James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 1589–1625), Pembroke (for William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, 1580–1630), Southampton (for Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1573–1624), and Warwick (for Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, 1587–1658). The others are Paget (for William Paget, 4th Baron Paget de Beaudesert, 1572–1629), Sandys (for Sir Edwin Sandys, 1561–1629), and Smith's (for Sir Thomas Smith, 1588–1625). Hamilton Parish was originally named Bedford, after Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, who sold her shares to the Scottish nobleman, James Hamilton. Devonshire Parish had originally been named Cavendish Tribe. The short-lived use of the word "tribes" for administrative regions appears to have been unique to the Bermuda example. The ninth parish was common (or King's, or general) land, not subdivided by tribe roads, and was named for the patron saint of England, Saint George. It includes the island and the town both of the same name.
Bermuda adalah sebuah wilayah seberang laut Britania Raya di Samudra Atlantik bagian utara. Letaknya sekitar 933 km dari pesisir Carolina Utara, Amerika Serikat. Wilayah yang terdiri dari 138 pulau ini dibagi menjadi 10 lingkungan (parish) dan 2 munisipalitas.