Author: Records and Ancient Monuments Committee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9780331765847

Excerpt from County of Surrey, Abstract of the Court Rolls of the Manorial Records, Vol. 2 It is not my purpose to trace the origin or describe the system of a manor. It was, perhaps, at its peak of importance in the thirteenth century. That allows some centuries during which it has survived, even if the authority Of its Courts has ceased. Customs in England die hard. At Warwick the Court Leet still is held every year and sometimes a presentment is made at it. The new Law of Property Acts have overhauled tenures, descent, and the conveyancing which have come down to us from our previous systems and in particular the tenure by copy of the Court Roll of the Manor is to be brought to an end within a fixed limit of time, ten years from the commencement of the Law of Property Act, 1922. The Manorial documents - which include Court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and books of every description relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor, whether in being on lst January, 1926, or Obsolete, but do not include the deeds or other instruments required for evidencing the title to a manor, - are thus no longer needed. When a closed register or document is laid aside, and is of no immediate use, its purpose, and the interesting material contained in it, is forgotten. It becomes lumber, and under that name is fit only for the fire of destruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.