English Manorial Court Rolls: Selected Case Studies (13th–16th centuries)

1. Manorial courts recorded in parchment rolls

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Court rolls, English manors

   • Nat Archives
   • Discovery SC2

2. Wakefield court rolls document frequent local sessions

   Jan 1, 1274Labels: Wakefield Manor, Court sessions

   • Cambridge
   • Leeds Lib

3. Early surviving run: Halesowen-area court rolls begin

   Jan 1, 1279Labels: Halesowen manor, Romsley hamlet

   • RHHS
   • FamilySearch

4. Manorial rolls underpin copyhold land tenure

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Copyhold tenure, Manorial rolls

   • Nat Archives
   • Manorial roll

5. St Albans manorial court book copied from older rolls

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: St Albans, Kingsbury manor

   • Herts Archives

6. Black Death reaches England, stressing manorial labor systems

   Jun 1, 1348Labels: Black Death, Manorial labor

   • Britannica
   • Black Death Eng

7. Ordinance of Labourers attempts wage controls

   Jun 18, 1349Labels: Ordinance of, Crown policy

   • Ordinance 1349

8. Statute of Labourers strengthens post-plague controls

   Feb 9, 1351Labels: Statute of, Parliament

   • Statute 1351

9. Kirton in Lindsey court rolls show long-term record survival

   Jan 1, 1372Labels: Kirton manor, Bodleian Libraries

   • Bodleian

10. Dissolution of monasteries transfers many manors to new owners

    Jan 1, 1536Labels: Dissolution, Monasteries

    • Dissolution
    • Nat Archives

11. Halesowen Abbey surrendered, changing record custody

    Jun 9, 1538Labels: Halesowen Abbey, Record custody

    • English Heritage
    • Halesowen Abbey

12. Kett’s Rebellion highlights enclosure tensions

    Jul 8, 1549Labels: Kett's Rebellion, Enclosure

    • Britannica HA
    • Kett s Rebellion

13. Lyttelton purchase preserves Halesowen and Romsley rolls

    Jan 1, 1558Labels: Lyttelton family, Halesowen records

    • RHHS
    • Nat Archives

14. Surviving court-roll archives enable modern interdisciplinary study

    Jan 1, 2024Labels: Manorial archives, Interdisciplinary study

    • Cambridge RH
    • YAS Wakefield