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    Posted: 27-May-2007 at 01:19
I am trying to discover when and where the practice of "Inquisitions Post Mortem" began.
 
I have a basic understanding of its "process" with regards to 16th Century England - but where and when did the concept develop??
 
 
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The earliest held by the National Archives date from Henry III and 1236.

But those are in English: I guess there may have been such inquisitions before in French and/or Latin, since some such statement of holdings must have been required, even in a less formal way, whenever a crown feudatory died.
 
PS I did a google search for French and German pages using the phrase "inquisitiones post mortem" and found some, but they were all French and German historians writing about English history.
 


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Would this term indeed mean being found a heretic after death? That is... strange... What are they going to do? Kill you again? Burn your corpse? Convert you post-mortem?

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No - the process has to do with inheritance and succession following a death.
 
Nothing to do the the Inquisition (ie: heretics and the Church, etc).
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Ah, ok. Smile

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Specifically it is an investigation into what lands were held by the dead person directly from the King, and what should be done with them.
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Posts: 157 		  Quote Melisende Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-May-2007 at 05:22
Thanks for the link - I too found nothing earlier (in England) than Henry III.
 
I wonder if it was a Norman institution.
 
Any idea of what a "Certificate of Homage" was ????
 
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