Feet Of Fines For The County Of Dorset 1195-1327
What are feet of fines? Feet of Fines record the transfer of freehold land and were a secure means of ensuring good title to a property. Behind their creation lies an allegation (often fictitious) of a broken promise relating to the land that had been resolved by an agreement - a final concord or fine for short - made in the king's court. The fine records the terms of the agreement to which the two parties had come to resolve the situation and these were written out three times so that each party received an identical copy, and the final part, the foot, was retained by the court as a central record of the transaction. Viewable on any computer (PC and Mac) using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is one of a range of old and rare books scanned by The Genealogy Store
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