Author: Marc Fitch; Frederick Emmison [editors]
Title: Feet of Fines for Essex Volume V and VI
Description: Oxford, Leopard's Head Press, 1991-1993. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes of records of the Feet of Fines for Essex, edited by Marc Fitch and Frederick George Emmison. Two volumes of a six volume set. Volumes V and VI only. First edition. Scarce works. Records of the Feet of Fines which have long been the standard sources used by English local historians, for Essex. A foot of fine is the record of an agreement that resolved a dispute, real or pretend, commonly about the ownership of land. Collected from Final Concords regarding the transfer or settlement of real property in England, with reference to the property market, manorial history, descriptions of property, types of fines, family histories and more. With volume V containing information on the years 1547-1580 and volume VI following with 1581-1603. Edited by Marcus Felix Brudenell Fitch, an English historian and philanthropist and Frederick George Emmison, a British archivist, author and historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: Feet Fines Essex Emmison Fines None


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