Manors are pieces of legal property, dating from medieval times. Land itself, and rights such as sporting rights, mineral rights, or the right to hold a market or fair, may be attached to a manor, so manors may have commercial value. But many are sold purely for their historical interest - often for substantial sums - without any land or rights. Even where they have no land or rights, manors can be registered on the Land Register, and the lord of a manor may have his or her title entered in his or her passport.

The history and current significance of the manor and manorial rights are explored in Manorial Law. Separate chapters deal with:

• Common land
• Sporting rights
• Mineral rights
• Manorial documents

- and much more. Manorial Law is a standard reference for lawyers and also historians and researchers into legal history who need to understand the technicalities of the subject.   The book provides a clear,  practical guide to the law. Legal references are included, for those who wish to follow them up.

P.S. We also publish, in hardback, a fifth edition of Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors, by W. C. Hazlitt, sometimes known as "Blount's Jocular Tenures". This merges the 4th edition of 1874 with the 1909 supplement. To see full details of the contents of the book, click here.