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Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Escheators' Files, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series...
Catalogue reference: E 149
What's it about?
E 149
Inquisitions post mortem into the landholdings of tenants in chief of the Crown, sent to the Exchequer in support of the escheators' accounts.These duplicate the inquisitions post mortem in C 132 - C 141, but also include unique inquisitions...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 149
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Escheators' Files, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry III to Richard III
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1216-c1485
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Description (What the record is about)
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Inquisitions post mortem into the landholdings of tenants in chief of the Crown, sent to the Exchequer in support of the escheators' accounts.
These duplicate the inquisitions post mortem in C 132 - C 141, but also include unique inquisitions taken on the escheators' own authority.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Four manuscript volumes, indexed alphabetically by person, are in E 501/15 E 501/16 E 501/17 E 501/18
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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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Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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249 file(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
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6594/
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Escheators' Files, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry III to Richard III
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