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Records of these courts give information about the day-to-day life on a manor (an estate held by a lord), including petty crimes, land transfers, manorial appointments, customs, rental fees, and so on. The court regulated the responsibilities and interrelationship of the manorial lord, his steward and bailiff (law officer), and the village people. Manorial court records began in 1066 and ended in the early 1900s. | Records of these courts give information about the day-to-day life on a manor (an estate held by a lord), including petty crimes, land transfers, manorial appointments, customs, rental fees, and so on. The court regulated the responsibilities and interrelationship of the manorial lord, his steward and bailiff (law officer), and the village people. Manorial court records began in 1066 and ended in the early 1900s. | ||
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 (see [[England Gazetteers|England Gazetteers]]). | 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'' (see [[England Gazetteers|England Gazetteers]]). | ||
Manorial court records in England can be found in many different repositories. For more information on the location of manor records in: | 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 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/searches/advancedsearch.asp Manorial Documents Register]: | ||
*Cumberland | |||
*Hampshire (and the Isle of Wight) | |||
*Lancashire (north of Furness) | |||
*Norfolk | |||
*Surrey | |||
*Middlesex | |||
*Westmorland | |||
*Yorshire (all three Ridings) | |||
Information is also accessible through the GENUKI Web site at: [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk] | Information is also accessible through the GENUKI Web site at: [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk] | ||
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If you do not have access to the Internet, or for counties other than those listed above you may write to the National Archives which maintains the register. | If you do not have access to the Internet, or for counties other than those listed above you may write to the National Archives which maintains the register. | ||
The Family History Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | The Family History Library has some manorial court records. To find the records that are in the library, look in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||
ENGLAND - COURT RECORDS | ENGLAND - COURT RECORDS | ||
ENGLAND | [COUNTY] - ENGLAND - COURT RECORDS | ||
[PARISH] - [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS | |||
[MANOR] - [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS | |||
=== Bibliography === | |||
More detail is given in: | More detail is given in: | ||
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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, 1990. (FHL book 942 D27pp.) | Park, Peter B. ''My Ancestors Were Manorial Tenants: How Can I Find Out More About Them?'' London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1990. (FHL book 942 D27pp.) | ||
Ellis, Mary. ''Using Manorial Records.'' London, England: PRO Publications in association with The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1994. (FHL book 942 J77e.) | Ellis, Mary. ''Using Manorial Records.'' London, England: PRO Publications in association with The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1994. (FHL book 942 J77e.) | ||
=== Assize Courts === | === Assize Courts === | ||