A Short Calendar Of The Feet Of Fines For Norfolk (Part I); In The Reigns Of Richard I, John, Henry Iii & Edward I

A vivid compendium of law, land and lives from medieval Norfolk. Every entry echoes across centuries.Walter Rye’s A Short Calendar of the Feet of Fines for Norfolk (Part I) organises the county’s surviving medieval english legal records of feet of fines recorded under Richard I, John, Henry III and Edward I into a compact, navigable calendar. Feet of fines are the formal court agreements that settled title and recorded conveyance; compiled here they become a readable english fines register, mapping historical land transactions, illuminating land ownership history and exposing the patterns behind medieval property disputes in 13th century England. The entries supply names, dates and place-names in a tidy, consistent order, making the calendar a practical historical document collection and a durable british genealogy resource: both a genealogy reference book for family researchers and a source of primary evidence for researchers and historians studying the east anglia medieval era and norfolk local history.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.Accessible to casual readers curious about county history yet rigorous enough for collectors of classic literature and antiquarian scholarship, this edition balances readability with scholarly exactitude. Rye’s methodical calendaring preserves legal context without unnecessary gloss, and the clear arrangement of entries aids cross-referencing and further archival work. Useful to those tracing family lines, mapping estate succession or examining the mechanics of medieval governance, the volume belongs on the shelves of academic libraries, local historians and private collectors alike, where it serves as both a working reference and an object of enduring historical interest. It opens fresh starting points for local studies, essays and academic work by foregrounding transaction-level evidence rather than narrative reconstruction. Casual readers will recognise the human stories implicit in petty bargains and land deals; collectors and libraries will value a reliable source that connects names on a page to the physical landscape of medieval Norfolk.