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A Calendar Of Chancery Proceedings Bills An Answers Filed In The Reign Of King Charles The First (Volume Iii)

A Calendar Of Chancery Proceedings Bills An Answers Filed In The Reign Of King Charles The First (Volume Iii)

P. W. Phillimore, W.

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General ReferenceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354482538
ISBN13: 9789354482533
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.42 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Behind every dry legal entry stands a struggling family, a disputed inheritance, a contested parcel of land. Real lives lie hidden here. A Calendar Of Chancery Proceedings: Bills and Answers Filed in the Reign of King Charles the First (Volume III) gathers hundreds of case abstracts from the equity side of the chancery court records, distilling historical chancery proceedings into an accessible English legal records calendar. Compiled by noted antiquary W. P. W. Phillimore from Public Record Office calendars, it opens a window onto early modern English law in the turbulent decades of the reign of Charles I, revealing how men and women across Stuart period England argued over property, debt, marriage portions, trusts, and the fragile security of home. For genealogists and local historians, these carefully arranged property dispute case abstracts and other suits are a rich genealogical research sourcebook, naming plaintiffs, defendants, places, and relationships that may survive nowhere else in seventeenth century England records. For scholars and enthusiasts of legal and social history, it stands as a landmark family history reference book, mapping the everyday workings of power, patronage, and obligation in a formative age. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. A classic of the British archival research collection, it rewards both close study and casual browsing, and belongs on the shelf of every serious reference library.

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