This series mainly consists of estreats of court rolls of Crown manors in England and Wales dating from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Also included are estreats of manors held in the sixteenth century by Charles I when Prince of Wales and in jointure in the seventeenth century by queens consort, Anne of Denmark, Henrietta Maria and Catherine of Braganza.
There are also a few records dating from the late thirteenth century and a very few relating to other jurisdictions, most notably a membrane of estreats of the Court of Marshalsea of the King's Household for 14 Henry IV to 1 Henry V.