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''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Court Records''' {{England-sidebar}} | ''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Court Records''' {{England-sidebar}} | ||
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[[Image:250px-Royal courts of justice London.jpg|right|250x200px]] Court records will probably mention some of your ancestors as defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. Court records can establish family relationships and places of residence. They often provide occupations, descriptions of individuals, and other family information. They seldom provide birth, marriage, or death information. | |- | ||
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Court records will probably mention some of your ancestors as defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. Court records can establish family relationships and places of residence. They often provide occupations, descriptions of individuals, and other family information. They seldom provide birth, marriage, or death information. | |||
Most researchers use court records after they have investigated other records. Court records tend to be difficult to use since few are indexed, the handwriting is hard to read, and they include unfamiliar legal terms. To interpret court records, you may need to consult a dictionary. | Most researchers use court records after they have investigated other records. Court records tend to be difficult to use since few are indexed, the handwriting is hard to read, and they include unfamiliar legal terms. To interpret court records, you may need to consult a dictionary. | ||
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A precept, or announcement of a forthcoming manor court is shown below, the format of a court roll or record and a transcription of a whole court beneath that.<br> <br> '''Precept for a Manor Court''' | A precept, or announcement of a forthcoming manor court is shown below, the format of a court roll or record and a transcription of a whole court beneath that.<br> <br> '''Precept for a Manor Court''' | ||
'''[[Image:Announcement Notice of Manor Court.jpg| | '''[[Image:Announcement Notice of Manor Court.jpg|400px|thumb|<center>Announcement Notice of Manor Court<center>]]'''<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Manor Courts (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Manor_Courts_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
The Family History Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] under : | The Family History Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] under : | ||
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These courts helped regulate a variety of affairs. See the separate article [[Church Courts in England and Wales]]. | These courts helped regulate a variety of affairs. See the separate article [[Church Courts in England and Wales]]. | ||
=== Other court records are: | === Other court records are: === | ||
*Probate records, discussed in [[England Probate Records]]. | *Probate records, discussed in [[England Probate Records]]. | ||
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===== '''Lincoln’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ===== '''Lincoln’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ||
[[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px|Lincoln's Inn | [[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px|<center>Lincoln's Inn, London<center>]]The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is said to take its name from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1311. His own great house was adjacent and he is credited with being the Society's patron. Although the other three Inns of Court are of comparable antiquity, having evolved from uncertain origins in the fourteenth century, Lincoln's Inn can claim the oldest extant records, the Black Books, which record its principal activities from 1422 to this day.<br> | ||
*''The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; vol. 1 from 1420 to 1799, vol. II admissions from 1800 to 1893 and chapel registers''. London: Lincoln’s Inn, 1896-1902. (FHL film numbers {{FHL|118002|title-id|disp=845175 and 845176}}.) | *''The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; vol. 1 from 1420 to 1799, vol. II admissions from 1800 to 1893 and chapel registers''. London: Lincoln’s Inn, 1896-1902. (FHL film numbers {{FHL|118002|title-id|disp=845175 and 845176}}.) | ||