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Pattishall Manor, Northamptonshire (proceedings of a Court Baron)

Senate House Library, University of London -- Special Collections

Overview

A small court roll listing tenants in Pattishall. Useful to local historians with an interest in the area, and the list of tenants may also be of interest to family historians.

Detailed usage description

A small court roll listing tenants in Pattishall and with some notes about the amount of lands granted to locals by the Lord of the manor.

The roll would be useful to local historians with an interest in the area, and the list of tenants may also be of interest to family historians who suspect they may have ancestors living in the area. The list of tenants gives name and address, and some genealogical information can be inferred: some tenants are listed as being 'the widow of' and so on.

How to tell if the collection is useful

If you send a query to stating that you are interested in MS 95 and giving the name of the ancestor you believe may have be on the roll, then they will respond with whether they are mentioned.

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More Information

A collection level description of this collection is available on AIM25. No further details are available about this collection.

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Abstracting information

Usage Themes Geographic area covered Size of collection Dates
  • Family history
  • Local history
  • Genealogical data
  • Pre 1750

Pattishall, Northamptonshire

About 50 tenants are named on the roll.

1716

Glossary

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