Catalogue description Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Extents, Inquisitions and Valors of Forfeited Lands

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Title: Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Extents, Inquisitions and Valors of Forfeited Lands
Description:

This series comprises extents, inquisitions and valors mainly of lands forfeited to the Crown.

They were made in response to commissions and writs under the great and Exchequer seals, which also often survive, and were returned to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. Most of the material relates to periods of political disturbance in the 14th century and includes records of the lands of the Knights Templar, the supporters of Thomas of Lancaster known as 'Contrariants', the Despensers, and Roger Mortimer and his adherents.

Date: 1211-1438
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French and Latin
Physical description: 123 files and rolls
Publication note:

Some of the documents in this series are printed in H Cole, Documents Illustrative of English History (London, 1884) Others may be found in H Hall, A Formula Book of English Official Historical Documents, pt 2 (Cambridge, 1909)

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