A Calendar Of Chancery Proceedings Bills An Answers Filed In The Reign Of King Charles The First (Volume Ii)

Behind the formal language of the law lie lost lives and contested fortunes. Here, those forgotten names return. A Calendar Of Chancery Proceedings: Bills and Answers Filed in the Reign of King Charles the First (Volume II) opens a window onto the inner workings of the chancery court in 17th century England, arranging a wealth of chancery court records into an accessible, meticulously organised guide. Focused on equity suits and petitions, many touching property and inheritance disputes, it is a landmark legal history reference for anyone drawn to the texture of everyday conflict and negotiation preserved in English court records research.For family historians, these calendared entries are rich English genealogy primary sources, pointing to relationships, places, and properties that flesh out bare dates in a tree. As part of a wider genealogists research collection, Phillimore’s careful work connects modern researchers directly to voices embedded in British legal archives. For scholars of law, politics, and society, the volume stands as a foundational archival document collection and a reliable scholarly legal research source for studying equity practice and social change under the strain of the reign of Charles I.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, it offers serious researchers, curious readers, and classic-reference collectors a rare chance to own a pivotal chapter of England’s legal and social record.