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Reference Number496.5
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/2
TitleTown Clerk - Property
DescriptionThe records include numerous deeds and other documents relating to properties in which the Corporation of Worcester had an interest (i.e. as owner, landlord or tenant). This includes many properties or pieces of land bought for the purposes of redevelopment.

Several parishes, particularly those close to the Cathedral, include records from the Court Baron. The court baron was the principal type of manorial court. It administered the customs of the manor and dealt with any offences against it. It also recorded the surrender and admission to copyhold land, held of the manor. It dealt with various matters affecting the local community, such as the regulation of agricultural affairs, the enforcement of labour services, the administration of justice for minor crimes, and the election of local officials. A court baron would have been held approximately every three or four weeks, although sometimes the gap between could have been much larger.
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