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Senate House Library, University of London

Westington Manor, 1579


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 446

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Westington Manor, 1579

Date(s): 1579

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet

Name of creator(s): Manor of Westington Court Baron

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Court Baron was the principal type of manorial court, and was the court of the chief tenants of the manor. It was responsible for the internal regulation of local affairs within the manor, and was attended by all those free tenants whose attendance at court was a condition of their tenure, and by customary tenants. Customary tenants held land by an agreement made at the manor court which was entered on its roll, a 'copy' of which was his regarded as proof of title.
The Manor of Westington was in the area around Hatfield in Hertfordshire.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of a Court Roll made at the Court Baron of Sir John Brokett (Brockett), Lord of the Manor of Westington, containing a Surrender of copyhold by Richard Adams, customary tenant, of a tenement with croft adjacent containing one acre, another close containing about three acres, also three acres of arable land lying in Fynceley Churche Fylde, to the use of John Adams, his elder son. Also contains the Admission of John Adams for an annual rent of 7s.9d.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment. 2½ " x 13¼".

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

On permanent loan from the British Records Association (B.R.A. 853).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Another Court Roll from the Manor of Westington may be found at University of London MS 445.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Courts | Administration of justice
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Legal procedure | Administration of justice

Personal names
Adams | John | fl 1589 | of Westington, Hertfordshire
Adams | Richard | fl 1579 | of Westington, Hertfordshire
Brockett | Sir | John | d 1598 | Knight | of Brockett Hall, Hertford x Brokett | Sir | John

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Westington Manor | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe