The End of Manorial Tenure, 1841-1957

The Last English Copyholder

Michael Turner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

370 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-0962-3 (ISBN)

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This book reveals the neglected world of the English manorial tenure of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is rooted in landmark legislation: the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Act of 1841, and the Law of Property Act of 1922. The latter still largely governs modern property law. The story did not end until the property of the last documented former manorial tenant was enfranchised in 1957. While the English manorial system is fundamental to understanding much medieval and early-modern history, little attention has been paid to its ability to contribute to our understanding of the modern world. This book establishes for the first time a protracted manorial property revolution in England after 1841, which lasted over 100 years. This story is a massive lacuna in the history of property, and not just in the countryside; the urban manorial tenant was also heavily present in the landscape. Property rights registration since 2002, coinciding with the shale gas fracking furore, has reawakened interest in this neglected aspect of legal history, and ensures that this book will be of interest to lawyers and historians alike.

Michael Turner attended University College London, UK, where he earned a BSc in geography and subsidiary economics. This was followed by a PhD at Sheffield University in social and economic history with a thesis on enclosure in Buckinghamshire, then research fellowships at Reading University, Durham University, and the University of London Institute of Historical Research, all in the UK. Following this, he became a lecturer at Hull University's Department of Economic History, UK, where he subsequently became a senior lecturer and finally the departmental chair. He is the author of numerous journal articles and books, covering such topics as English enclosures, post-famine Ireland, English agricultural rent history, and English agricultural production and productivity.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-0364-0962-7 / 1036409627
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-0962-3 / 9781036409623
Zustand	Neuware