On 08/05/16 07:04, Richard Carruthers via wrote: > How much can one expect to learn about the family that held a manor > from the surviving manorial rolls of its manor(s)? As Matt says in his reply, not much. In addition the manor may not necessarily remain in the same family. Where the rolls are published the editors may, however, have done the work for you and included such details in the introduction. -- Hotmail is my spam bin. Real address is ianng at austonley org uk

On 08/05/2016, Ian Goddard via <gen-medieval@rootsweb.com> wrote: > On 08/05/16 07:04, Richard Carruthers via wrote: >> How much can one expect to learn about the family that held a manor >> from the surviving manorial rolls of its manor(s)? > > As Matt says in his reply, not much. In addition the manor may not > necessarily remain in the same family. > > Where the rolls are published the editors may, however, have done the > work for you and included such details in the introduction. > ------------------------------- Thank you for the additional pointer, Ian. Richard