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English crown grants

English crown grants

L. Mershon, S.

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral LawBritish History

ISBN10: 9353705703
ISBN13: 9789353705701
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind every manor and market town lies a paper trail of power. Power was written on parchment. In English Crown Grants, S. L. Mershon traces how english crown land grants, royal charters and patents, and the language of privilege shaped property, obligation, and authority across England. Written as a legal history treatise with the verve of historical legal scholarship, this work follows the origins of land tenure from medieval england law into early modern england, showing how grants, confirmations, and forfeitures fed the developing machinery of the state. Readers interested in english common law history and magna carta studies will find clear, grounded discussion of the crown's role in defining title, jurisdiction, and inherited rights. For the curious non-specialist, it is a vivid guide to why land records matter; for practitioners and scholars, a dependable legal research reference; and for law students study aid, a focused framework for reading older authorities without losing the thread. Mershon writes with a measured, documentary eye, attentive to forms, dates, and the shifting meaning of 'grant' in statute and practice. Genealogists, local historians, and collectors of constitutional milestones will relish its illumination. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As a complete public domain edition, it deserves a place beside classic commentaries and county histories: more than a reference book, a window onto how law became landscape.

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