Feet of Fines at Westminster: Norfolk Cases
(1197) Pedes Finium - law suits, or pretended suits, putting on record the ownership of land. This transcript of the feet of fines of the '9th' year of the reign of king Richard I (3 September 1197 to 2 September 1198) was published by the Pipe Roll Society in 1898. The form of these proceedings is fairly standard: giving the date, the place of the hearing, and the names of the justices; the names of the plaintiffs (petentes) and defendants (tenentes) and a brief description of the land in question; the outcome of the case is a quitclaim by one party to the other, with a payment of a suitable sum. These cases were heard at Westminster: the original roll misdates the fines in the justices' eyre to the 9th rather than the 10th year of the reign, and this error may also relate to those at Westminster. In the printed copy the dates given in the margin may be 1197 where they should read 1198, or 1198 where they should read 1199, and may also be 1 or more days out. SAULE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Norfolk Feet of Fines
(1192-1214) Pedes Finium - law suits, or pretended suits, putting on record the ownership of land in NorfolkSAULE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Norfolk Feet of Fines
(1196-1307) Pedes Finium - law suits, or pretended suits, putting on record the ownership of land in Norfolk. These abstracts were prepared by Walter Rye.SAULE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Close Rolls
(1302-1307) The close rolls of the 31st to 35th years of the reign of king Edward I, that is to the day of his death (7 July 1307), record the main artery of government administration in England, the orders sent out day by day to individual officers, especially sheriffs of shires: they are an exceptionally rich source for so early a period. In amongst this official material, the rolls were also used as a way of recording many acknowledgments of private debts and contracts between individuals. Most of the contents relate to England, but there are also entries concerning Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the English possessions in France.SAULE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of London
(1275-1312) Letter Book B of the City of London contains enrolments of recognizances between inhabitants, particularly citizens, for sums of money lent or due; grants of pieces of land or property; and various records relating to the city administration.
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Osgoldcross wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Pontefract.SAULE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Strafforth wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Rotherham and Sheffield.SAULE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Tickhill wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Tickhill.SAULE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Harthill wapentake
(1380) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Market Weighton, Pocklington and South Cave.SAULE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Grantees of offices, commissions and pardons
(1413-1416) The Patent Rolls are the Chancery enrolments of royal letters patent. Those for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the reign of king Henry V (21 March 1413 to 20 March 1416) were edited for the Public Record Office by R. C. Fowler, and published in 1910. The main contents are royal commissions and grants; ratifications of ecclesiastical estates; writs of aid to royal servants and purveyors; and pardons. The commissions of the peace issued for the English towns and counties and entered on the rolls, being largely repetitive, have been consolidated in a single appendix.SAULE. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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