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The property holding of someone who was a manorial tenant was said to be ‘copyhold’ because their tenancy rights were set out in a copy of an entry of the court rolls of that manor, given out after a little ceremony of admission which took place either at a full sitting of the court or privately in a solicitor’s office. That copy and the entry on the roll were the only evidence the tenant had of his entitlement. As a result many a bundle of house deeds contains a series of admissions to the copyhold if the property at one time belonged to the local lord of the manor. See the article [[ | The property holding of someone who was a manorial tenant was said to be ‘copyhold’ because their tenancy rights were set out in a copy of an entry of the court rolls of that manor, given out after a little ceremony of admission which took place either at a full sitting of the court or privately in a solicitor’s office. That copy and the entry on the roll were the only evidence the tenant had of his entitlement. As a result many a bundle of house deeds contains a series of admissions to the copyhold if the property at one time belonged to the local lord of the manor. See the article [[England Land and Property]]. | ||
<br>By the eighteenth century (and this article is concerned with the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) and in the days before village school halls, the majority of manor courts were probably held in the largest available room in a local public house. One of the court’s members, dressed, as the solicitor-antiquary Reginald Hine (1883-1949) said, ‘in a little brief authority’, would stand in the doorway and bawl out, ‘Oyez, Oyez, Oyez, all manner of person who have suit or service to perform to the Lord of this Manor draw near and give your attendance’. | <br>By the eighteenth century (and this article is concerned with the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) and in the days before village school halls, the majority of manor courts were probably held in the largest available room in a local public house. One of the court’s members, dressed, as the solicitor-antiquary Reginald Hine (1883-1949) said, ‘in a little brief authority’, would stand in the doorway and bawl out, ‘Oyez, Oyez, Oyez, all manner of person who have suit or service to perform to the Lord of this Manor draw near and give your attendance’. | ||
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<br>Adapted with permission from an article by Anthony Camp, ‘It is found by the Homage … An admission to copyhold property’, in ''Family Tree Magazine'' (UK; http://www.family-tree.co.uk) vol. 19, no. 4 (February 2003) pages 4-6.<br> | <br>Adapted with permission from an article by Anthony Camp, ‘It is found by the Homage … An admission to copyhold property’, in ''Family Tree Magazine'' (UK; http://www.family-tree.co.uk) vol. 19, no. 4 (February 2003) pages 4-6.<br> | ||
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