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Catalogue reference: MAF 233

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MAF 233

Files in this series deal with the resumption of extinguishment of manorial incidents work after 1949, but include some earlier papers dating back to 1935.

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MAF 233

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Extinguishment of Manorial Incidents (LME Series)
Date

1935-1954

Description

Files in this series deal with the resumption of extinguishment of manorial incidents work after 1949, but include some earlier papers dating back to 1935.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

LME file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

5 file(s)

Accumulation dates

1949

Administrative / biographical background

All copyhold land was enfranchised from 1st January 1926, but certain charges and interests in lands remained. These charges called manorial incidents could be extinguished by payment of compensation by the tenant or copyholder to the lord of the manor. All remaining manorial incidents were automatically extinguished on the 1st January 1936, but for a period of five years lords of manors and owners of land were given the right to apply to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for an award determining the amount of compensation for extinguishment.

With the outbreak of war this period for applications was suspended and it was enacted that no applications could be made after 29th November 1939 and before a date to be appointed. By an Order in Council the minister appointed 1st November 1949 as the date from which, for a period of twelve months only, applications could again be made.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10633/

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Extinguishment of Manorial Incidents (LME Series)