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« on: Saturday 17 May 08 18:59 BST (UK) »
hi

could anyone explain in a nutshell what copyhold land was as opposed to leasehold.

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Re: copyhold land
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:02 BST (UK) »
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-41,GGLJ:en&q=copyhold


I expect Stan will have something to add ......
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PLEDGER – 1678, Gt BardField, Essex
OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington
LILLEY – 1711, Ickleton, Cambs
HAMMOND – 1825, Elmdon, Essex
DAVISON – 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs
BOWER – 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs
CHASE – 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
LAIRD – 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk
GOWENLOCK – 1850, Carlisle
KEW – 1814, Carlisle
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:07 BST (UK) »
thanks for that.
in yr experience are manorial records fruitfull in finding instances of relatives who owned copyhold land.

many thanks
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:11 BST (UK) »
Copyhold was a form of tenure of land held in return for money payments. Tenure of such land could be transferred only by its surrender to the lord of the manor, and by admission by him of the new tenant, who might be the heir of the old one. Each admission was recorded in the Court Rolls and a copy of the entry given to the new tenant, for whom it fulfilled the function of a title deed, hence the name Copyhold.

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:14 BST (UK) »
Thanks stan

that was very informative.
so, from yr description it would be worth trying to locate said court rolls to see who my ancestors got the land from.

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:35 BST (UK) »
Hi iain,
It is the Rolls of the Court of Baron in which tranfers and grants of land were recorded. Attendance at the Court Baron was compulsory for tenants, and the manor court rolls or books in which the proceedings are recorded can yield valuable genealogical information. However the language is in Latin until 1733. There is a book Manorial Records by Denis Stuart (Philimore 1992), which apparently will help to make sense out of the documents.


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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:39 BST (UK) »
excellent.

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 17 May 08 19:40 BST (UK) »
You could also look at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=150
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=385
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=139


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