Identification of Wardships
On the death of every tenant-in-chief the escheator of the county in which he held land was required to make an "Inquest post mortem" report to the Chancery which identified the size and location of the holdings, the rents and services due under feudal land tenure, the name and age of the deceased and the name and age of his heir. A copy was sent to the Exchequer, and after 1540 to the Court of Wards and Liveries.
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