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- Courts of law records held in other archives…search the Manorial Documents Register (MDR) using our catalogue. …Keywords: civil litigationconvictscourts of lawcrime and criminalscriminal courtslaw and ordertrials
- Land ownership, use and rights: common lands…The Manorial Documents Register, maintained by The National Archives, records the whereabouts of manorial records (excluding title deeds). …Keywords: common landlandland ownership
- Manorial documents and lordships and how to use the Manorial Documents Register…Use this guide in tandem with the Manorial Documents Register (MDR) to learn what the register is and and how to make the best use of it. …Keywords: early modern periodlandland ownershipmanorial documents registermanors
- Manors and manorial records…The National Archives only holds manorial documents that at one time or another had been in Crown hands, were acquired from duchies or had passed through a central court or government department, such as Chancery or the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments. …Keywords: early modern periodlandland ownershipmanorsmaps
- Medieval and early modern family history…The National Archives holds a considerable number of manorial documents, mostly from those manors which formed part of the crown lands. …Keywords: early modern periodmedieval period
- Understanding your search results…as defined by the Manorial Documents Register rules). …Keywords: catalogue (discovery) helpdiscovery (catalogue) help
- What can I use Discovery for?…If you are looking for manorial documents, read the section on Accessing the records of the Manorial Documents Register (MDR). …Keywords: catalogue (discovery) helpdiscovery (catalogue) help