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Inquisitions Post Mortem

Inquisitions post mortem were local enquiries into the lands held by a deceased individual, in order to discover any income and rights due to the crown. Such inquisitions were only held when people were thought or known to have held lands of the crown. The records in this collection are taken from two sets of publications. (1) Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem For the City of London. Covers documents relating to London only for the period 1485-1561 and 1577-1603. (2) Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. This provides calendars of surviving inquisitions post mortem and related documents in the National Archives covering the periods 1236-1447 and 1485-1509. (Volumes for the period 1418-1447 are not available here but may be viewed at Mapping the Medieval Countryside. Inquistions for the years 1447-85 are currently unpublished.)

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Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem For the City of London: Part 1

Abstracts of inquisitions for 1 Henry VII (1485) to 3 Elizabeth I (1561). First published by the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, and jointly with the British Record Society, as volume 15 of the series of the Index Library.

Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem For the City of London: Part 3

Abstracts of inquisitions for 19-45 Elizabeth I (1577 to 1603).

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III

Covers the latter part of the reign of Henry III.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I

Covers the first nineteen years of the reign of Edward I.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 3, Edward I

Covers the years 20 to 28 in the reign of Edward I.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 4, Edward I

Covers the years 29 to 35 in the reign of Edward I.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II

Covers the first nine years in the reign of Edward II.