A Proof of Age was a mechanism during the Middle Ages in England by which heirs proved themself of legal age for inheritance purposes. == History == In medieval law, males reached legal adulthood when they were 21, and females at 14; the discrepancy lies in the fact that girls were more likely to marry when wards.
A Proof of Age was a mechanism during the Middle Ages in England by which heirs proved themself of legal age for inheritance purposes. == History == In medieval law, males reached legal adulthood when they were 21, and females at 14; the discrepancy lies in the fact that girls were more likely to marry when wards.
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