Court of Wards
United Kingdom
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financial role
- In Court of Augmentations
The Court of Wards was established in 1540 (in 1542, as Wards and Liveries) to deal with moneys owed to the king by virtue of his position as a feudal lord; it was also empowered to protect certain rights of marriage and wardship. In 1554, under…
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