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Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500

Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500

George Wrottesley

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General ReferenceGeneral LawGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353605040
ISBN13: 9789353605049
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 610
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Lawsuits rarely leave love letters. Yet in the tangled language of medieval court pleadings lie vivid traces of blood, marriage, and inheritance. Every name here once pleaded. Drawing directly from the plea rolls of the royal courts, George Wrottesley assembles an unparalleled english pedigrees collection for the centuries when surnames were hardening and estates defined status across England 1200 to 1500. A classic medieval genealogy reference, it follows families through claims, fines and feuds, turning dry records into a map of kinship and power. This meticulous historical legal records sourcebook reveals plea rolls family histories and court pleadings genealogical data for gentry and medieval english nobility lineages alike, including many Plantagenet and Tudor era families. Readers familiar with Burkes Peerage style genealogy and the heralds visitation pedigrees will recognise names and lines here, extended and corrected from earlier roots. An indispensable family history researchers resource and an authoritative reference for medieval historians, it opens a window onto landholding, marriage alliances and succession in the very words of the courts that judged them, bridging legal history and genealogy in a way few works achieve. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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