| Description | Hensall court rolls 1600-1639 (2 rolls)
"Court Rolls: Hensall Court, Yorkshire, 1600-1623 & 1626, 1633, 1635 & 1639, manuscript on two rolls of stitched vellum membranes, each court is conducted by Robert Somerscales, then from 1602, William Richard, and opens with a prescription giving the date of its holding, then a list of the sworn panel of jury men, then often a list of men who owe suit at court but are in default, with their fines indicated above their names, usually 4d or 6d, plus records of land conveyances, with some precise descriptions and scattered references to the old manorial strip system of farming, fines include one relating to a feud between Charles Salmon and Lord of the Manor of Hethensall, Alan Percy, succeeded in 1619 by Jaslin Percy, whereby Salmon is accused of various offences including cutting and uprooting woodland and digging up the dividing baulk between his Lord's lands and another, leading to Salmon's lands being seized and a heavy fine being paid, etc., the earlier court rolls for 1600-23 on 16 stitched vellum membranes, the other for courts on 5 stitched membranes, each measuring approximately 60-80 cm in length x 28 cm wide, some soiling, occasional rubbing of text with loss of legibility, a few scattered holes and tears" |