Subject Files--English Source Records--Part 1

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Subject Files--English Source Records--Part 1

Entry/Object ID

1985.002.0088

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" Massive amounts of material on English land, economic, court, and political systems provided by Estella T. Weeks, who was a professional researcher in her younger days. She had provided an annotated guide to the collections at the Library of Congress that would be pertinent to a search for Cornwaleys and really any English family. She had decided opinions about how to research and insisted on intellectual rigor. December 17, 1961 letter from Miss Weeks to Mr. Beitzell telling how to use the notes and giving guidance on researching Cornwaleys. Pages on Public Record Office in London Parish registers and vital records in England Marriage records British wills and administrations English history Court of Chancery, wards, and liveries British Index Library British manuscripts project--checklist of films, 1945 British exchequer and its court functions Payment of taxes and kind Privileged towns and cities of medieval England Kinds of cloth made in England Wood rights and forest laws Other courts and depositories having authority to probate and take custody for wills .. and to hold Inquisitiones post mortem Worksop and the Dukeries Crown and the Church Ecclesiastical courts Rolls of Parliament Feudal terms in general for the land and for transactions involving holders of land

Collection

Edwin Warfield Beitzell Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1961

Location

Container

Edwin Beitzell Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 09, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 09

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Weeks, Estella T.