An introduction to the history and records of the Court of Wards & Liveries / by H.E. Bell
1953, First Edition. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : University Press. Very good copy in the original blue gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469031
Series; Cambridge studies in English legal history. Physical description; x, 215 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates (folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; 1. Wardship and livery in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII -- 2. The Officers of the Court -- 3. The revenues of the Court -- 4. The administration of livery and wardship -- 5. Judicial business of the Court -- 6. The welfare of wards and idiots -- 7. The agitation against the Court -- 8. The final days of the Court -- 9. The site and buildings of the Court -- 10. The records of the Court after its abolition. Subjects; England and Wales. Court of Wards and Liveries History. Guardian and ward England History. Inheritance and succession England History. Courts Great Britain History. H.E. Bell.
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