Abstracts Of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into The Court Of Chancery

Excerpt from Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Vol. 1: Returned Into the Court of Chancery in the Reign of King Charles the First I. Of what lands the deceased died possessed. 2. Of whom and by what services the same were held. 3. The date of his death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Vol. 2: Returned Into the Court of Chancery in the Reign King Charles the First; 12-18 Charles I., 1637-1642 The present volume contains complete Abstracts of Inquisitiones post mortem for the County of Gloucester, from the twelfth to the eighteenth year of the reign of King Charles the First. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery in the Reign of King Charles the First, Vol. 1: I-II, Charles I. 1625-1636 Following the directions contained in the writ the escheator or feodary summoned a jury, who in accordance with the evidence placed before them gave their verdict upon oath; the return was engrossed upon parchment, and in due course delivered into the Court of Chancery and there filed. During the inquiry the dealings that the deceased had had with his property came under review, and this necessitated inquiry into family settlements and trusts affecting them, and consequently we often find such documents, including wills, are recited very fully, thus affording information of the highest value to the genealogist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.