Middle Ages Records
Below are our 6 articles in the middle ages records' category:
One of the vexing questions for genealogy is why more records weren't kept in the Middle Ages. After all, these days we know their value in legal...
In the Middle Ages, as now, parents made wills to ensure their offspring would be recognised as their legal heirs and inherit their property. In some...
In the Middle Ages rolls were essentially legal records of court decisions, and came in many different types, with different uses. In genealogy they...
During feudal times, and even beyond, the manor was the basic administrative unit. The lord would be granted the land by a higher magnate in return...
The Poll Tax was actually one form of what was called a lay subsidy - a tax paid by all non-churchmen on movable property to help fund the army in...
1538, when Anglican parish registers were really first kept, is a watershed date for all genealogists. After that, however murky it might seem at...
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