man 37 Fenton’s Reeve Book and customs of the Manor 1576 – 1826

This Reeve book contains 57 pages of mainly legal rulings on the surrender and admittance of copyhold land belonging to the Lord of the Manor. Its and invaluable tool in identifying actual ownership especially for single women at the time and also where the inheritance lies.
It also identifies the jurisdiction and authority of manorial officers such as Reeve and Bailiff. Furthermore. it contains lists of the dates when each copyholder had to serve the office of Reeve on a rotation basis. But withing this document alongside the name of the Reeve it gives a valuable description of the land and importantly the previous tenant.
A great document for a serious study of feudal law of the time.