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Copy of an inquisition taken at Shrewsbury on 19 April 1615 in the presence of Richard...
Catalogue reference: WARD 2/14/48/49
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WARD 2/14/48/49
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1615 Apr 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copy of an inquisition taken at Shrewsbury on 19 April 1615 in the presence of Richard Blunden and Thomas Lawley, esquires, feodaries, by virtue of a commission to enquire about the property held by Francis Young, deceased. The jurors (named) say that he held half of a manor in More, Shropshire, with buildings, lands, tenements, meadow, pasturage, pasture, wood, moorland, and fishponds with appurtenances, worth 26s. 8d. p.a., and in one messuage, two tofts, 3 cottages, 300 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 60 acres of woodland, 200 acres of fields and heaths, with appurtenances in More and More's wood, worth 13s. 4d. p.a. Rehearses various enfeoffments and conveyances. William Yonge is his son and heir.
Endorsed: "Inquisition post mortem Fra. Yonge". 9 folios.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Common land
- Manors
- Landed estates
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4452357/
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WARD 2
Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences
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