The Manorial Court as a Source for Genealogists

This session takes us back in time to an era of English history when local life was dominated by the customs and practices of the manor, which enshrined principles of hierarchy and landholding from the eleventh century to the early nineteenth century. At the heart of the administration was the manorial court, presided over by the Lord of the Manor's chief official, the Steward. We will discover how the court worked, what sort of business it heard, and how you'll find out about your ancestors and their ways of life. Advanced English ancestry.