Never Forgotten: Solon Boydston

摘要

The Coroner is one of the oldest government positions with its origins dating back to the Articles of Eyre in 1194. Their primary duties were the investigation of violent or sudden deaths but they were also judicial officers tasked with holding inquests. They quickly became a prominent figure in the eyes of the King and the position was brought over to America from England. The first American coroner was Thomas Baldridge, appointed in 1637, St. Mary's County in the Maryland Colony.