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=== Feet of Fines (1195-1569) === | === Feet of Fines (1195-1569) === | ||
During the medieval period, archival copies of agreements between two parties concerning land lawsuits were known as ''feet of fines''.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, | During the medieval period, archival copies of agreements between two parties concerning land lawsuits were known as ''feet of fines''.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, 'Feet of Fines,' ''Wikipedia,'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feet_of_Fines, accessed 19 July 2011.</ref> | ||
Many of these old records have been published and are available online:<ref>[http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/london.shtml Feet of Fines: London], ''Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy,'' accessed 3 January 2012.</ref> | Many of these old records have been published and are available online:<ref>[http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/london.shtml Feet of Fines: London], ''Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy,'' accessed 3 January 2012.</ref> | ||