On 08/05/2016, Tompkins@lists2.rootsweb.com <Tompkins@lists2.rootsweb.com> wrote: > From: Richard Carruthers via [gen-medieval@rootsweb.com] > Sent: 08 May 2016 07:04 >> >> How much can one expect to learn about the family that held a manor > from the surviving manorial rolls of its manor(s)? ________________________________________ > I'm afraid manor court rolls won't be much use for this purpose, from any > period or region. Being concerned solely with regulating the affairs of the > You would stand a slightly better chance of getting genealogical information > from the rolls of adjoining or neighbouring manors where the lord owned > smaller properties as a sub-tenant of the local manor. Here the death of > Matt Tompkins Thank you for this information Matt. I wondered why I couldn't find anything for a manor called Ernle or Earnley in the Manorial Documents Register. I had suspected this answer was the reason, but you have now confirmed it. Richard