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 #Free tenant farmers (may also be known as franklin or yeoman) were not subject to the customs of the manor or the will of the lord.
 It is estimated that there were between 25,000 and 65,000 manors in England, compared to the approximately 12,000 to 15,000&nbsp; parishes.<br>
 == Manor Courts<br>  ==
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 The National Archives website describes the MDR:
-<blockquote>The Manorial Documents Register is the official register of manorial documents for England and Wales. We maintain it on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. The Register contains information about the nature and location of surviving manorial documents. Manorial documents have statutory protection under the Manorial Documents Rules. They are defined in the Rules as court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and books of every description relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Only those types of document defined in the Rules as manorial documents are noted in the Manorial Documents Register. Title deeds and other evidences of title are not defined as manorial documents and are therefore not included in the Register. The Manorial Documents Register is not a register of title, and we do not seek to collect information about the ownership or descent of manors.<ref>The National Archives, About the Manorial Documents Register. Retrieved 16 Nov 2011 from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/aboutapps/mdr/about.htm.</ref><br> </blockquote> <br>
+<blockquote>The Manorial Documents Register is the official register of manorial documents for England and Wales. We maintain it on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. The Register contains information about the nature and location of surviving manorial documents. Manorial documents have statutory protection under the Manorial Documents Rules. They are defined in the Rules as court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and books of every description relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Only those types of document defined in the Rules as manorial documents are noted in the Manorial Documents Register. Title deeds and other evidences of title are not defined as manorial documents and are therefore not included in the Register. The Manorial Documents Register is not a register of title, and we do not seek to collect information about the ownership or descent of manors.<ref>The National Archives, About the Manorial Documents Register. Retrieved 16 Nov 2011 from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/aboutapps/mdr/about.htm.</ref><br> </blockquote>
 The MDR is being placed [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/ online]. As of November 2011, the catalogue of extant manorial documents available online includes:<br>
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 *Yorkshire (all three Ridings). <br>
 all other counties can be searched at The National Archives search room.<br>
 == Further Reading  ==
 Bailey, Brian.'''<u>English Manor Houses</u>'''. London: Robert Hale, 1983. FHL 942 H2bb<br>Harvey, P.D.A. <u>'''Manorial Records'''</u>. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing for the British Records Association, 1984. FHL 942 B4bra no. 5<br>Hone, Nathaniel J. <u>'''The Manor and Manorial Records'''</u>. 2nd ed. rev. London: Methuen &amp; Co. Ltd., 1912. FHL 942 R2hn 1912<br>Molyneux-Child, J.W. <u>'''The Evolution of the English Manorial System'''</u>. Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd., 1987. FHL 942 H2mjw<br>*Palgrave-Moore, Patrick.<u>'''How to Locate and Use Manorial Records'''</u>. Norfolk: Elvery Dowers Publications, 1985. FHL 942 A1 No. 831. Pages 1-25.<br>**Park, Peter B. <u>'''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'''</u>. London: Society of Genealogists, 1990. FHL 942 D27pp<br> *The National Archives, ''Manor and other local court rolls, 13th century to 1922'', London:2010. Online at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/manor-court-rolls.htm http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/manor-court-rolls.htm]<br>*Travers, Anita. ''"Manorial Documents."'' Genealogists' Magazine 21 (March 1983): 1-9. FHL 942 B2gm
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