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The fine rolls were originally known as ''oblata rolls'', and run from 1199 to 1641. They record moneys received by the king for grants, charters, writs, privileges and pardons given; these include permission to allow an heir to come into his or her inheritance, letters of protection for those travelling abroad, grants of wardship and marriage. Unett remarks that fines, essentially fees or taxes, constituted a large part of the monarch’s income and are the equivalent of today’s dog, television and gun licences. They also record the appointment of royal officials and all orders sent to sheriffs, escheators and exchequer officers. Some early ones have been published by the Record Commission, and TNA has calendars for the later periods. | The fine rolls were originally known as ''oblata rolls'', and run from 1199 to 1641. They record moneys received by the king for grants, charters, writs, privileges and pardons given; these include permission to allow an heir to come into his or her inheritance, letters of protection for those travelling abroad, grants of wardship and marriage. Unett remarks that fines, essentially fees or taxes, constituted a large part of the monarch’s income and are the equivalent of today’s dog, television and gun licences. They also record the appointment of royal officials and all orders sent to sheriffs, escheators and exchequer officers. Some early ones have been published by the Record Commission, and TNA has calendars for the later periods. | ||
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Calendars to Fine Rolls from 1199 to 1461 and 1547 to 1553 are available online, see [http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/rolls.shtml Some Notes on English Medieval Genealogy]. | |||
Images of the original Fine Rolls from 1529 to 1573 are available online for free at [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/IndexPri.html Anglo-American Legal Tradition] (C 60). | |||
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