Medieval source material on the internet: Public records

1. Land taxes and feudal surveys
2. Inquisitions post mortem
3. Pipe rolls
4. Taxation and other lists
5. Common law records
6. Feet of fines
7. Chancery and other equity suits
8. Chancery rolls
9. Miscellaneous public records

Public records

For a brief guide to public records, click here

See the searchable online National Archives catalogue, which already includes a number of important classes. Some details of coverage, with links, are given in the sections on inquisitions post mortem, chancery and other equity suits, charters and inquisitions ad quod damnum.

Many published editions of medieval public records are included in this online database:

• The Original Record
  An extensive database of hand-indexed records, including many published medieval sources. There is a free search facility for occurrences of a surname within a specified range of dates, and wildcards can be used to allow for spelling variations. The lists of results identify the sources, so that the database can be used as a finding aid by those with access to good reference libraries (real or virtual). For others, scans of the published records can be viewed online for a fee (typically between 2 and 6 pounds per volume).