Inquisitions Post Mortem
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Topic: Inquisitions Post Mortem
Posted By: Melisende
Subject: Inquisitions Post Mortem
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 01:19
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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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Posted By: gcle2003
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 06:44
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The earliest held by the National Archives date from Henry III and 1236. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=290&j=1 - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=290&j=1
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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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 07:42
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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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Posted By: Melisende
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 08:07
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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). ------------- "For my part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity: The throne is a glorious sepulchre." |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 08:14
Ah, ok.  -------------
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: gcle2003
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 10:51
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: Melisende
Date Posted: 28-May-2007 at 05:22
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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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