Glossary of Terms

This information is transcribed from "The Local Historian's Encyclopedia" by John Richardson and published by Historical Publications Ltd., New Barnet, Herts, UK (ISBN 0 0503656 7 X).

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Conveyance or Transfer of Land and Property

Inheritance

Tenants and Tenures

Titles and Classes of Society