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Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Manor of Paglesham...
Catalogue reference: MAF 5
What's it about?
MAF 5
Court rolls, rentals and other documents, including plans, of manors in Paglesham, Essex.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Manor of Paglesham Manorial Documents
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Date (When the record was created)
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1386-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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Court rolls, rentals and other documents, including plans, of manors in Paglesham, Essex.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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37 roll(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manors
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The manor of Paglesham, Essex, was one of the properties owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. It was given in 1943 by Mr A D Marks.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10406/
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