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A more detailed discussion of these records is in: | A more detailed discussion of these records is in: | ||
*Emmison, F. G., and Irvine Gray. ''County Records''. Revised Edition. London, England: The Historical Association, 1973. (Family History Library book | *Emmison, F. G., and Irvine Gray. ''County Records''. Revised Edition. London, England: The Historical Association, 1973. (Family History Library book {{FHL|210071|title-id|disp=942 H2ha no. 62 1973}}.) | ||
*Emmison, F. G and Irvine Gray. ''County records: Quarter Sessions, Petty Sessions, Clerk of the Peace and Lieutenancy.'' London: Historical Association, 1987. In series "Helps for the Student of History", no. 62. (Family History Library | *Emmison, F. G and Irvine Gray. ''County records: Quarter Sessions, Petty Sessions, Clerk of the Peace and Lieutenancy.'' London: Historical Association, 1987. In series "Helps for the Student of History", no. 62. (Family History Library {{FHL|1026510|title-id|disp=942 H2ha no. 62 1987}})<br> | ||
A list of available records is in: | A list of available records is in: | ||
*Gibson, J. S. W. ''Quarter Session Records for Family Historians: A Select List''. 4th ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book | *Gibson, J. S. W. ''Quarter Session Records for Family Historians: A Select List''. 4th ed. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Ltd., 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|560274|title-id|disp=942 P23gjs 1995}}). | ||
The original records are in the respective county or council archives. Copies of some quarter session records are in the Family History Library. Use the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | The original records are in the respective county or council archives. Copies of some quarter session records are in the Family History Library. Use the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=385 “The Manorial Documents Register and Manorial Lordships”]. London: The National Archives, 2004. Legal Records Information no. 25. | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=385 “The Manorial Documents Register and Manorial Lordships”]. London: The National Archives, 2004. Legal Records Information no. 25. | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=139 “Manorial Records in The National Archives”]. London: The National Archives, 2008. Legal Records Information no. 1.<br> | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=139 “Manorial Records in The National Archives”]. London: The National Archives, 2008. Legal Records Information no. 1.<br> | ||
*Park, Peter B. ''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1994. (Family History Library book | *Park, Peter B. ''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|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. (Family History Library book | *Ellis, Mary. ''Using Manorial Records.'' London, England: PRO Publications in association with The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|823863|title-id|disp=942 J77e}}.) | ||
*Cheyney, E.P, translator. [http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html "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> | *Cheyney, E.P, translator. [http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html "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> | ||
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=== Court of the Exchequer === | === Court of the Exchequer === | ||
This court also dealt with matters of the wealthy. Beginning early in the 12th twelfth century, it became an administrative body for collecting the royal revenue and performing the accompanying judicial business. As time went by, the court gained jurisdiction over suits between two individuals. The National Archives houses the records from the Court of the Exchequer for people who lived in England and Wales. The Family History Library has a film copy of an index to 127,628 Exchequer depositions between 1559 and 1695 ( | This court also dealt with matters of the wealthy. Beginning early in the 12th twelfth century, it became an administrative body for collecting the royal revenue and performing the accompanying judicial business. As time went by, the court gained jurisdiction over suits between two individuals. The National Archives houses the records from the Court of the Exchequer for people who lived in England and Wales. The Family History Library has a film copy of an index to 127,628 Exchequer depositions between 1559 and 1695 ({{FHL|651788|title-id|disp=FHL film 104399 Items 3-6}}). | ||
The National Archives in England published [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=226 “Taxation Records Before 1689”] in 2004 about tax records in the Exchequer court. (Domestic Records Information 10). It includes a link to a searchable database for the E179 records. | The National Archives in England published [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=226 “Taxation Records Before 1689”] in 2004 about tax records in the Exchequer court. (Domestic Records Information 10). It includes a link to a searchable database for the E179 records. | ||
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For a list of admissions to the Middle Temple, London, see: | For a list of admissions to the Middle Temple, London, see: | ||
*Sturgess, H. A. C. ''Register of admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, from the fifteenth century to the year 1944''. 3 volumes. London: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, 1949. Volume 1, 1501-1781; volume 2, 1782-1909; volume 3, 1910-1944. (FHL book number | *Sturgess, H. A. C. ''Register of admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, from the fifteenth century to the year 1944''. 3 volumes. London: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, 1949. Volume 1, 1501-1781; volume 2, 1782-1909; volume 3, 1910-1944. (FHL book number {{FHL|117950|title-id|disp=942.1/L1 C4st vol. 1-3}}; film numbers {{FHL|117950|title-id|disp=873850 vol.1-2}} and {{FHL|117950|title-id|disp=873851 vol. 3}}.) | ||
Source: [http://www.middletemple.org.uk/ Middle Temple] | Source: [http://www.middletemple.org.uk/ Middle Temple] | ||
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[[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px]]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> | [[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px]]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 | *''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}}.) | ||
===== '''Gray’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ===== '''Gray’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ||
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For a list of admissions to Gray’s Inn, see: | For a list of admissions to Gray’s Inn, see: | ||
*Foster, J. ''The Register of Admissions to Gray’s Inn 1521-1889 together with the marriages in Gray’s Inn Chapel 1695-1754''. London: Hansard Publishing Union, 1889. (FHL book number | *Foster, J. ''The Register of Admissions to Gray’s Inn 1521-1889 together with the marriages in Gray’s Inn Chapel 1695-1754''. London: Hansard Publishing Union, 1889. (FHL book number {{FHL|285696|title-id|disp=942.1/G1 K29f}}; also on film {{FHL|285696|title-id|disp=844906, item 1}}; another film copy {{FHL|285696|title-id|disp=1696584, item 3}}.) | ||
Source: [http://www.graysinn.info/ Gray’s Inn] | Source: [http://www.graysinn.info/ Gray’s Inn] | ||
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Associated with Lincoln’s Inn were Thavy’s Inn and Furnivall’s Inn; Inner Temple were Clifford’s Inn, Clement’s Inn, and Lyon’s Inn; Middle Temple were New Inn and Strand Inn; and Gray’s Inn were Staple Inn and Barnard’s Inn. | Associated with Lincoln’s Inn were Thavy’s Inn and Furnivall’s Inn; Inner Temple were Clifford’s Inn, Clement’s Inn, and Lyon’s Inn; Middle Temple were New Inn and Strand Inn; and Gray’s Inn were Staple Inn and Barnard’s Inn. | ||
Source: Holdsworth, Sir William, ''A History of English Law'', 3 volumes. (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., Sweet and Maxwell). Vol. 2, p. 498.(FHL book number | Source: Holdsworth, Sir William, ''A History of English Law'', 3 volumes. (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., Sweet and Maxwell). Vol. 2, p. 498.(FHL book number {{FHL|386098|title-id|disp=942 P3h}}. BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library book'''KD 532 .H6 1936-''' 17 volumes.) <br> | ||
{{Place|England}} | {{Place|England}} | ||
[[Category:England|Court Records]] | [[Category:England|Court Records]] | ||