Learn about legislation Discover the laws that governed our ancestors' lives
From the King’s Writ of Bastardy issued by King Henry III in 1235 (establishing that children born before their parents were married were illegitimate and therefore could not inherit) to the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act of 2019, our ancestors’ lives have been governed by legislation.
And these same Acts of Parliament have given rise to a whole host of documents which we routinely use in our family history research today. But how many of us stop
