Abstracts Of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Part 1 Henry Vii To Elizabeth 1485 1561

Author : George Samuel Fry
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333829544
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to the City of London, Returned Into the Court of Chancery, Vol. 1 written by George Samuel Fry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to the City of London, Returned Into the Court of Chancery, Vol. 1: 1 Henry VII to 3 Elizabeth, 1485-1561 We propose commencing with the reign of King Henry VII., and to proceed with subsequent reigns in chronological order, until the termination of this series of records in 1645, in consequence of the abolition of the tenure of knight service. It may be well to give the reader some particulars respecting these inquisitions or inquests. It must be remembered that they are quite distinct from the inquests which are still taken by the coroner in order to ascertain the cause of death. They were con cerned solely with the property held by the deceased, and were required for the purpose of determining the feudal rights which accrued to the Crown upon the death of any tenant in chief. Until the practical abolition of the service of knight serjeanty, in 1645 it was not formally abolished until the accession of King Charles II., in 166o - the Crown was entitled, at the death of each feudal tenant in chief, to levy certain feudal dues, into the particulars of which, however, it is unnecessary here to enter. If the heir-at-law hap pened to be a minor he became a ward of the Crown. This was a source of profit, for the wardship was frequently sold for hard cash. 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.