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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.
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Enrolments of Escheators' Inquisitions, Henry III...
Catalogue reference: E 152
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E 152
Enrolments of inquisitions post mortem and other inquisitions, with other documents, sent to the Exchequer in support of the escheators' accounts. The background of these records in unclear.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 152
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Enrolments of Escheators' Inquisitions, Henry III to Henry VIII
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1216-c1547
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Description (What the record is about)
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Enrolments of inquisitions post mortem and other inquisitions, with other documents, sent to the Exchequer in support of the escheators' accounts. The background of these records in unclear.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 574 files and rolls
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Landed estates
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendared in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem (London, 1904 - continuing) Also in Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (London, 1916 - continuing)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6597/
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