English Property Records:\u00a0A preliminary, Descriptive Checklist for English research. <\/b> See Walter Rye, Records and Record Searching.\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>London: George Allen, 1897. [Dates are regnal years; calendar dates must be calculated.]<\/p>\n
Grants\/Charters<\/b>\u2013Royal grants of land and jurisdiction.\u00a0 Many series, some published.<\/p>\n Deeds<\/b>\u2013Transfers, conveyances.\u00a0 Cities registered deeds for city property.<\/p>\n Feet of Fines<\/b>–Land records transferring title at end of court case, from Richard I.\u00a0 Cases tried in the Curia Regis (King\u2019s Court).\u00a0 Temp. Edward I became three courts: King\u2019s Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer Pleas.\u00a0 Also included remission of services, freedom of villeins\/serfs, admission to benefices\/church appointments.\u00a0 Can be searched by seller\/vendor (now called grantor)<\/p>\n King\u2019s Silver Books\u2013<\/b>from <\/b>Henry VIII (most from George I)<\/p>\n Recovery Rolls<\/b>\u2013Judgments <\/b>recovering \u201cwhat was owned of old.\u201d 13 Edward I, indexes 22 Henry VII<\/p>\n DeBlanco Rolls\u2013Common Plea Rolls.<\/b>\u00a0 Almost every English family of any size experienced conflict over land, these rolls give long pedigree descents and proof of relationship.\u00a0 1 Edward I to 5-6 Phillip and Mary.\u00a0 Indexed.\u00a0 Immense body of information\u2013151 rolls of 102,566 skins for Henry VIII<\/p>\n Chancery Rolls,<\/b> 17 Richard II.\u00a0 Before 1 Elizabeth I, 39,038 documents.\u00a0 Duchy of Lancaster had exclusive jurisdiction over its own tenants<\/p>\n Close Rolls\u2013<\/b>Closed <\/b>or sealed up and delivered to persons directly.\u00a0 From 1204<\/p>\n Patent Rolls\u2013<\/b>Open <\/b>for everyone to read.\u00a0 \u201cPublic Records.\u201d\u00a0 From 1204<\/p>\n Inquisitions Post Mortem\u2013<\/b>Recorded <\/b>first on the Pipe Rolls.\u00a0 From 1185.\u00a0 Second Inquisition for proof of age.\u00a0 Jury inquiries as to the age of the heir<\/p>\n Manor Court Rolls\u2013O<\/b>nly <\/b>way to trace pedigrees of non-armigerous families before the beginning of parish registers<\/p>\n New Forest Documents\u2013<\/b>Disputes, inquests, judgments regarding miss-use of the forest lands and trees which were owned by the Crown.\u00a0 Petty crimes and misdemeanors.\u00a0 Begin about 1224<\/p>\n Manor and forest documents are local records, all the rest are national in scope.\u00a0 Their advantage is that they identify counties and local jurisdictions for your ancestors–where you can search manor and forest documents.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n PS\u00a0 I am thinking of launching a separate blog for English and British Isles research with the exception of the Scots-Irish.\u00a0 If you have thoughts one way or another, please email me at arlene@arleneeakle.com.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" English Property Records:\u00a0A preliminary, Descriptive Checklist for English research. See Walter Rye, Records and Record Searching.\u00a0 London: George Allen, 1897. [Dates are regnal years; calendar dates must be calculated.] Grants\/Charters\u2013Royal grants of land and jurisdiction.\u00a0 Many series, some published. \u00a0Ancient … Continue reading \n
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