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Excerpt from A Mannor and Court Baron NO occupation is more interesting or instructive than that of delving into the past with the view of ascertaining the conditions under which our predecessors lived - interesting in order to compare our present legal systems and institutions with those of former days - instructive, because thereby we are enabled to discover the meanings Of many forms and ceremonies which, without explanation, would appear to be meaningless. The Manorial Society is endeavouring by its publications to stimulate an interest in that fascinating relic of a by-gone age, the Manor. The manuscript to which this is an introduction - and which is in the Harleian Collection of mss. (no. In the British Museum, - gives some curious and interesting elucidations of the word Manor. The Manorial Society is thus specializing on the lines of the Selden Society, whose good work is recognized by all scholars of legal institutions and antiquities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.