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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1836-1889''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20411/england-middlesex-westminster-sessions-of-the-peace?s=275764761 England, Middlesex and Westminster Sessions of the Peace] at MyHeritage — index ($) | |||
==Courts== | |||
=== Sessions Courts === | === Sessions Courts === | ||
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==== Borough Session Courts ==== | ==== Borough Session Courts ==== | ||
{{Main|England Borough Session Records|England Borough Session Records}} | {{Main|England Borough Session Records|England Borough Session Records}} | ||
=== Manorial Courts === | === Manorial Courts === | ||
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To find the name of the manor, or if there was a manor for the locality where your ancestor lived, use a gazetteer such as ''The Imperial Gazetteer'' on [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] (see also the [[England Gazetteers|England Gazetteers]] article). | To find the name of the manor, or if there was a manor for the locality where your ancestor lived, use a gazetteer such as ''The Imperial Gazetteer'' on [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] (see also the [[England Gazetteers|England Gazetteers]] article). | ||
Manorial court records in England can be found in many different repositories. For more information on the location of manor records in the following counties, consult the [ | Manorial court records in England can be found in many different repositories. For more information on the location of manor records in the following counties, consult the [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/manor-search Manorial Documents Register]: | ||
*Cumberland | *Cumberland | ||
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==== Announcements of Coming Courts ==== | ==== Announcements of Coming Courts ==== | ||
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'''<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Manor Courts - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Manor_Courts_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
[[Image:Announcement Notice of Manor Court.jpg|400px|thumb|<center>Announcement Notice of Manor Court</center>]] | |||
The FamilySearch Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] under : | The FamilySearch Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] under : | ||
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*Park, Peter B. ''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|682381|title-id|disp=942 D27pp}}.) | *Park, Peter B. ''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|682381|title-id|disp=942 D27pp}}.) | ||
*Ellis, Mary. ''Using Manorial Records.'' London, England: PRO Publications in association with The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|823863|title-id|disp=942 J77e}}.) | *Ellis, Mary. ''Using Manorial Records.'' London, England: PRO Publications in association with The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|823863|title-id|disp=942 J77e}}.) | ||
*Cheyney, E.P, translator. [ | *Cheyney, E.P, translator. [https://archive.org/details/englishmanoriald00chey "English Manorial Documents,"] ''Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History''. Vol. 3 no. 5, pp. 3-32. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907. <br> | ||
=== Assize Courts === | === Assize Courts === | ||
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| ''The Selden Society has published a translation of select cases in the court of King’s Bench 1290-1300 in their volumes 55, 57 and 58 {{FSC|601163|item|disp=FS Library film 1414823}} and volume 88 contains selected cases 1377-1422'' {{FSC|674302|item|disp=FS | | ''The Selden Society has published a translation of select cases in the court of King’s Bench 1290-1300 in their volumes 55, 57 and 58 {{FSC|601163|item|disp=FS Library film 1414823}} and volume 88 contains selected cases 1377-1422'' {{FSC|674302|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942 p3ss v.80}}. | ||
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''The Pipe Roll Society'' is devoted to publishing the pipe rolls and has been active since 1883 with about 100 volumes. | ''The Pipe Roll Society'' is devoted to publishing the pipe rolls and has been active since 1883 with about 100 volumes. | ||
Further information on pipe rolls can be found in Crook (''Pipe Rolls.'' #38 in Short Guides to Records edited by Kathryn M. Thompson. Historical Association, London. GSU {{FSC|424409|item|disp=FS | Further information on pipe rolls can be found in Crook (''Pipe Rolls.'' #38 in Short Guides to Records edited by Kathryn M. Thompson. Historical Association, London. GSU {{FSC|424409|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942 A3t v2}}. and on {{FSC|424409|item|disp=FS Library film 0990062}}) and in the TNA research guide D31. | ||
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===== Indexes ===== | ===== Indexes ===== | ||
Indexes include Sherwood’s (''Exchequer Depositions... Index to Calendar of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [1877-1879'']. Holograph. {{FSC|244186|item|disp=FS | Indexes include Sherwood’s (''Exchequer Depositions... Index to Calendar of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [1877-1879'']. Holograph. {{FSC|244186|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942 P2ash}}) manuscript ones to the TNA calendars, for example volumes 1-2 cover 1559-1688. | ||
There are some local indexes, for example those for Surrey by Webb (1994). Newspaper indexes can be helpful in finding law suits, thus I found three reports of one exchequer court action for infringement of a patent in The Times (courtesy of Thomson Gale index) in 1836-1837. They were headed ''Jupp v Pratt, Jupes v Pratt, and Jupe v Pratt'' respectively—a lesson to us all about spelling variants. | There are some local indexes, for example those for Surrey by Webb (1994). Newspaper indexes can be helpful in finding law suits, thus I found three reports of one exchequer court action for infringement of a patent in The Times (courtesy of Thomson Gale index) in 1836-1837. They were headed ''Jupp v Pratt, Jupes v Pratt, and Jupe v Pratt'' respectively—a lesson to us all about spelling variants. | ||