Inheritance - Intail
In medieval England, landed estates were sometimes passed on by deed to a successor with the tag 'intail' (also 'in tail', 'entail'). ...
The Reformation and Watford church
England's Reformation was brought about largely by King Henry VIII. The Act of Supremacy in 1534 finally broke the formerly Catholic...
King Arthur and the Watford Village Connection
Many know the stories surrounding King Arthur and his knights. Much of the legend is based on a book called ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’. This...
Inheritance in Medieval Times
The gift of lands and / or a manor to an individual technically lasted 'forever'. 'Technically', because the 'gift' was conditional upon...
A Knight's Fee - Scutage
The individuals given lands in return for service of a knight's fee (or part thereof) inevitably grew older, eventually died and their...
The Manor
Lands granted or enfeoffed to an individual were usually associated with a parish. England's parishes, all of the Roman Catholic Church...
A Knight's Fee
Originally, lands of any particular parish were often given, or enfeoffed, to an individual who had served the king well. This gave...
The Manors of a Knight's Fee
Introducing the fundamentals of manors and a knight's fee.
