Margaret A copyhold document was the starting point of my family history research several years ago. My family still had the copyholders copy of the entry in the court rolls of Allerton Liberty, dating from 1805 when my 4xgreat grandfather died, and his farm was passed on to my 3xgreat grandfather. When I looked at the original in the court roll at the North Yorks Record Office, I found that the wording was the same of course. A bonus was that the clerk had copied the whole of his will into the roll, which includes the sentence "I Give and Devise all my said Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Lands Closes or parcels of Ground hereditaments and premises situate in the township of Brompton aforesaid or elsewhere unto and to the use of my said Son Thomas STAINTHORP his heirs and assigns for ever." thus indicating that a copyhold tenancy could be inherited. Technically the farm was surrendered back to the lord of the manor (the Bishop of Durham), and then it was granted to the son upon payment of a fine of 1 shilling and sixpence, and another payment of 11 shillings and eightpence. Both moderately small sums for a farm of 160 acres. The farm passed to my 2xgreat grandfather by the same means, and the copyhold was eventually sold by my great-great grandfather's executors in 1899. Richard