Court of Wards and Liveries

Hist. A court created in 1540 to assert the Crown’s right to income from a variety of feudal tenures. • The Court’s unpopularity led to its abolition in 1660.

Court of Wards and Liveries. Hist. A court created in 1540 to assert the Crown’s right to income from a variety of feudal tenures. • The Court’s unpopularity led to its abolition in 1660. “[I]nquests of office were more frequently in practice than at present, during the continuance of the military tenures among us: when,