The Tenures Abolition Act of 1660
The Tenures Abolition Act of 1660 along with The Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660
were both of interest regarding the History of Belchamp Walter.
According to Wikipdia:
The Tenures Abolition Act 1660 (12 Car 2 c 24), sometimes known as the Statute of Tenures, was an Act of the Parliament
of England which changed the nature of several types of feudal land tenure in England.
In my interpretation of Thomas Wright's account of the History and Topology of Essex
I admit that I was a little confused about the "holding" of the land. This is significant in the developments in the history
and "ownership" in lands and property in the village of Belchamp Walter.
I think that the main reason for this is that it was coinciding with The English Restoration.
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The Statute made constitutional gestures to reduce feudalism and removed the monarch's right to demand participation of
certain subjects in the Army. By abolishing feudal obligations of those holding those feudal tenures other than by socage,
such as by a knight's fee, it standardized most feudal tenancies of the aristocracy and gentry.
Socage was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the feudal system.
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Inquisition post mortem - according to Wikipedia:
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An Inquisition post mortem (abbreviated to Inq.p.m. or i.p.m., and formerly known as an escheat)
(Latin, meaning "(inquisition) after death") is an English medieval record of the death, estate and heir of one of the
king's tenants-in-chief, made for royal fiscal purposes. The process of making such inquisition was effected by the
royal escheators in each county where the deceased held land. The earliest inq.p.m. was made in 1236, in the reign of
King Henry III (1216–1272), and the practice ceased c.1640, at the start of the Civil War, and was finally abolished
by the Tenures Abolition Act 1660, which ended the feudal system.
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Socage
The Wikipedia page explains:
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Socage was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the feudal system. Farmers held land in
exchange for clearly defined, fixed payments made at specified intervals to feudal lords. The lord was therefore obligated
to provide certain services, such as protection, to the farmer and other duties to the Crown. Payments usually took the form of cash,
but occasionally could be made with goods.
Socage contrasted with other forms of tenure, including serjeanty, frankalmoin and knight-service.
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Background to this page
Having seen this page found by those making an Internet search I have decided to add
a bit more context.
What I was trying to do was to work out what was going on in Belchamp Walter in the years leading
up to the Civil War and what happened after the Interregnum. There must have been much "politic"
as there seems to be an apparent disconnect events in England in general and those in Belchamp Walter. The
post Tudor years and the aquisition of the Manor by Cromwellian sympathising residents.
This page is getting some interest January 2022. Perhaps it is something that is a history curriculum somewhere, Manchester.
All I can do is add more context and links to other pages on this website.
The visit was made using macOS Catalina (version 10.15). [this operating system was current October 2019]. Due to the way
Google Analytics works I have no clue to what the search term was apart from the fact that it was an "Organic" search.