Medieval English genealogy: What's new on this site: April-June 2006


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17 May 2006:

New links

A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
- Public records: Chancery rolls:
  - Henry III Fine Rolls Project (King's College, London)
    English calendar of the fine rolls of the reign of Henry III (1216-1272), in progress, for publication on the Internet and in print. The initial phase will cover the rolls to 1248. Images of the rolls will also be made available through the Internet.
Medieval source material on the Internet:
- Medieval and early modern texts: by author, H-N:
  - Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten Discourses of Voyages (1598) (Susan Rhoads, Elfinspell)
    Excerpt concerning the sea battle of the Revenge in 1591, from C. Raymond Beazley, An English Garner — Voyages and Travels mainly during the 16th and 17th Centuries, vol. 2, pp. 115-120 (1902).
- County and local history:
  - A Gazetteer of Cornish Manors (Cornwall County Council)
    Listing of manors and the parishes they lay in, arranged alphabetically by manor and parish.
  - Eneas Mackenzie, A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, including the borough of Gateshead (1827) (British History Online)
  - John F. Curwen, The Later Records relating to North Westmorland or the Barony of Appleby (1932) (British History Online)
    Supplements earlier work by Nicholson and Burn, History of Westmorland and Cumberland, and Ragg, on the barony of Appleby, but includes much medieval material.
- Modern biography and prosopography:
  - James Anthony Froude, English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century (1896) (Project Gutenberg)
    Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4.
- Public records: Pipe rolls:
  - The great roll of the pipe for the twenty-third year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1176-1177. (1905) (Google Book Search)
    Pipe Roll Society, vol. 26. Latin transcript.
  - The great roll of the pipe for the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1177-1178. (1906) (Google Book Search)
    Pipe Roll Society, vol. 27. Latin transcript.
  - The great roll of the pipe for the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1179-1180. (1908) (Google Book Search)
    Pipe Roll Society, vol. 29. Latin transcript.
- Public records: Feet of fines:
  - Feet of fines of the ninth year of the reign of King Richard I, A.D. 1197 to A.D. 1198. (1898) (Google Book Search)
    Pipe Roll Society, vol. 23. Latin transcript in record type.
  - Feet of fines of the tenth year of the reign of King Richard I, A.D. 1198 to A.D. 1199, excepting those for the counties of Bedford, Berkshire, Buckingham, Cambridge, Devon, and Dorset. (1900) (Google Book Search)
    Pipe Roll Society, vol. 24. Latin transcript in record type. Also includes a roll of the king's court in the reign of Richard I.
  - Emanuel Green, Pedes Finium commonly called Feet of Fines for the county of Somerset. 1 Edward II. to 20 Edward III. A.D. 1307 to A.D. 1346. (1898) (Google Book Search)
    English abstracts; with a general index.
  - Emanuel Green Pedes Finium commonly called Feet of Fines for the county of Somerset. 21 Edward III. to 20 Richard II. A.D. 1347 to A.D. 1399. (1902) (Google Book Search)
    English abstracts; with a general index
  - Emanuel Green Pedes Finium commonly called Feet of Fines for the county of Somerset. Henry IV to Richard III. (1906) (Google Book Search)
    Covers 1399 to 1485. English abstracts; with a general index.
- Public records: Chancery rolls:
  - Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward III. A.D. 1333-1337. (1898) (Google Book Search)
    English abstracts
- Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
  - Sir Simonds d'Ewes The Journals of all the Parliaments during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1682) (British History Online)
    Accounts of debates in both houses of Parliament, 1559-1601.
  - Heywood Townshend, Historical Collections: or, An exact Account of the Proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth (1680) (British History Online)
    Account of debates in both houses of Parliament, 1589-1601.
- Probate records:
  - [James Raine, ed.] Wills and inventories illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, etc., of the northern counties of England, from the eleventh century downwards. Part 1. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 2 (1835). 11th century-1581; mainly from the Durham diocesan registry. PDF file (30 MB).
  - [J. W. Clay, ed.] North country wills, being abstracts of wills relating to the counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace. Volume 1. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 116 (1908). Covers 1383-1558. Transcripts (in Latin for earlier wills). PDF file (21 MB).
  - North country wills, being abstracts of wills relating to the counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace. Volume 2. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 121 (1912). Covers 1558-1604. PDF file (16 MB).
  - James Raine, ed., Wills and inventories from the registry of the archdeaconry of Richmond, extending over portions of the counties of York, Westmerland, Cumberland and Lancaster (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 26 (1853). Selection from 1442-1579; some earlier items in Latin. PDF file (20 MB).
  - [James Raine, ed.] Testamenta Eboracensia; or wills registered at York illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, etc., of the province of York, from the year 1300 downwards. Part 1. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 4 (1836). Selection of wills, 1316-1430. PDF file (50 MB).
  - Testamenta Eboracensia: a selection of wills from the registry at York. Vol. 5. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society vol. 79 (1884). Covers 1509-1531; including some from other jurisdictions. PDF file (22 MB).
- Funeral monuments:
  - Brother Robert Beauner (c. 1450-60): St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire (rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, April 2006)
  - Lady Anne Danvers (1539): Dauntsey, Wiltshire (photographs and discussion of a stolen brass) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, May 2006)
- Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
  - Everard Green, ed., The visitation of the county of Lincoln made ... 1666. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Lincoln Record Society, vol. 8 (1917). PDF file (3 MB).
  - [C. H. Hunter Blair, ed.] Visitations of the north. Part 3. A visitation of the north of England circa 1480-1500. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 144 (1930). PDF file (7 MB).
  - [F. W. Dendy, ed.] Visitations of the north, or some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the north of England. Part 1. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 122 (1912). Visitations of 1552 and 1558, and pedigrees collected in 1560 and 1561. PDF file (11 MB).
  - Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, made by William Flower, esquire, Norroy king of arms. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Harleian Society, vol. 16 (1881). PDF file (22 MB).
  - C. H. Hunter Blair, ed., Visitations of the north. Part 4. Visitations of Yorkshire and Northumberland in A.D. 1575, and a book of arms from Ashmole ms. no. 834. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 146 (1932). PDF file (8 MB).
  - Visitations of the north, or some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the north of England. Part 2. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Surtees Society, vol. 133 (1921). Visitation of Yokshire 1563-4, and pedigrees of Yorkshire and adjacent counties, 1567. PDF file (11 MB).
Medieval English families on the Internet:
- B:
  - Bond, the World is not enough (Peter W. Bond)
    Miscellaneous notes on Bond genealogy, including the Bond family of Erth Barton in Cornwall, 14th century, and Bond heraldry.
- C:
  - Oxenbridges of Sussex (Tim Powys-Lybbe)
    Includes two articles by L. F. Salzman on the Cheyney (later Cheyney) family, originally published in Sussex Archaeological Collections.
- O:
  - Oxenbridges of Sussex (Tim Powys-Lybbe)
    Collection of articles about the Oxenbridges and associated families. PDF files (up to 2.3 MB).
Links:
- Grants of arms:
  - W. Harry Rylands, ed., Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century ... alphabetically arranged by Joseph Foster and contained in the Additional ms. no. 37147 in the British Museum. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa)
    Harleian Society, vol. 66 (1915). PDF file (26 MB).
- Links to some useful societies and journals:
  - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
    The Society has provided online access to the contents pages (1876-2004) and general index (1876-2002) of its Transactions. It is also making the articles themselves available as PDF files. Currently those from vols 95-105 (1977-1987) are online.
    There is also a list of the publications in the Society's Record Series. Volume 9, An Historical Gazetteer of Cheltenham, is available online.
    The Society's Transactions are included in the Royal Historical Society's Bibliography of British and Irish History from volume 2 (1878) onwards (extracts).
- The City Livery Companies:
  - Chartered Surveyors
  - Weavers
Victoria County History:
- British History Online:
  - Hertfordshire, volume 3 (1912)
- VCH county websites:
  - Barton St David (VCH Somerset website)

12 April 2006:

New material

A search facility has been added to the list of contents and place index for the Victoria County History. This returns all place names containing a keyword entered by the user. Wildcards can be used to allow for variations in spelling.

New links

A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
- Handwriting and language:
  - The Anglo-Norman Dictionary (The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub)
    Dictionary of the French language as used in medieval England. Letters G-Z are from the first edition of the dictionary (1977-1992); A-E are from the second edition (2000-2006); F is an unpublished revision (and similar revisions will be added for G and H).
Medieval source material on the Internet:
- Medieval and early modern texts: by author, A-G:
  - Aneurin, Y Gododin. A poem on the Battle of Cattraeth ... (Project Gutenberg)
    Welsh text and English translation, with an introduction and notes, from the edition of John Williams (1852).
  - J. A. Giles, ed., Six Old English Chronicles ... Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History. Gildas. Nennius. And Richard of Cirencester. (1848) (Google Book Search)
    English translations.
- Medieval and early modern texts: by author, H-N:
  - Henry T. Riley, ed., Ingulph's Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland with the continuations by Peter of Blois and anonymous writers (1908) (Google Book Search)
    English translation of a pseudonymous manuscript from the 13th or 14th century, earlier attributed to Ingulph, with continuations to the late 15th century.
- Medieval and early modern texts: by author, O-Z:
  - Roger of Wendover Flowers of history: comprising the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235, formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris. (1849) (Google Book Search)
    English translation by J. A. Giles.
- Public records: Pipe rolls:
  - Joseph Hunter, ed., The Great Rolls of the Pipe for the Second, Third, and Fourth Years of the Reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158 (1844) (Google Book Search)
- Public records: Common law records:
  - Charles E. H. Chadwyck Healey, ed., Somersetshire Pleas (civil and criminal), from the rolls of the itinerant justices (close of 12th century - 41 Henry III [1257]) (1897) (Google Book Search)
    Somerset Record Society, volume 11.
- Public records: Chancery rolls:
  - Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office ... Edward III. A.D. 1330-1334. (1893) (Google Book Search)
    English abstracts.
- Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
  - Richard Welford Records of the committees for compounding, etc. with delinquent royalists in Durham and Northumberland during the civil war, etc. 1643-1660 (1905) (Google Book Search)
    Surtees Society, volume 111.
- Probate records:
  - Hampshire Record Office's online archive catalogue
    Includes references to all Hampshire wills proved in the courts of Winchester diocese to 1858 (including the Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Winchester Court and Peculiar Courts).
- Funeral monuments:
  - Sir Thomas Brudenell and his wife Elizabeth (1586): Deene, Northamptonshire (rubbings and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2006)
  - Edward Grymston (1478): Thorndon, Suffolk (drawing and discussion of a lost brass) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, December 2005)
  - John Strete (1406): Upper Hardres, Kent (rubbings and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, November 2005)
  - Elizabeth Tempest (1845): Skipton, Yorkshire (rubbing and discussion of a modern brass) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, January 2006)
- Church records and religious houses:
  - [Edmund] Hobhouse, ed., Calendar of the register of John de Drokensford, bishop of Bath and Wells, A.D. 1309-1329. (1887) (Google Book Search)
    Somerset Record Society, number 1.
  - [H. C. Maxwell-Lyte and others, eds,] Two cartularies of the Augustinian priory of Bruton and the Cluniac priory of Montacute in the county of Somerset (1894) (Google Book Search)
    Somerset Record Society, number 8. English abstracts.
  - Arthur William Crawley-Boevey The cartulary and historical notes of the Cistercian abbey of Flaxley otherwise called Dene Abbey, in the county of Gloucester (1887) (Google Book Search)
  - E. H. Bates, ed., Two cartularies of the Benedictine abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the county of Somerset (1899) (Google Book Search)
    Somerset Record Society, number 14. English abstract of the Muchelney cartulary, with some transcripts; partial English abstract of the Athelney cartulary
  - W. H. Bliss Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Letters, volume 1: 1198-1304 (1893) (Google Book Search)
  - W. H. Bliss Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Letters, volume 2: 1305-1342 (1895) (Google Book Search)
  - W. H. Bliss and C. Johnson Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Letters, volume 3: 1342-1362 (1897) (Google Book Search)
  - W. H. Bliss and J. A. Twemlow Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Letters, volume 4: 1362-1404 (1902) (Google Book Search)
  - Emanuel Green, ed., The survey and rental of the chantries, colleges and free chapels, guilds, fraternities, lamps, lights and obits in the county of Somerset ... A.D. 1548 (1888) (Google Book Search)
    Somerset Record Society, number 2. Transcript of survey; English translation of rental.
  - William Page, ed., The Certificates of the Commissioners appointed to survey the Chantries, Guilds, Hospitals, etc., in the county of York (1894) (Google Book Search)
    Surtees Society, volume 92.
- Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
  - John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire ... 1580 ... The Visitation of Cheshire made ... 1566 ... The Visitation of a Part of Cheshire ... 1533 ... a fragment of The Visitation of the City of Chester ... 1591 (1882) (Google Book Search)
    Harleian Society, volume 18.
- Urban and guild records:
  - Report on the Manuscripts of the Corporation of Beverley (1900) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
  - J. E. T. Rogers Oxford City Documents, Financial and Judicial, 1258-1665 (1891) (Google Book Search)
    Oxford Historical Society, volume 18.
  - Calendar of the Muniments and Records of the Borough of Shrewsbury (1896) (Google Book Search)
- Schools, Universities and Inns of Court:
  - Joseph Foster, ed., The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889, together with the Register of Marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754 (1889) (Google Book Search)
- Private letters and papers:
  - The manuscripts of the Duke of Beaufort, K.G., the Earl of Donoughmore, and others (1891) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 12th report, appendix 9. Includes manuscripts of G. A. Aitken, J. H. Gurney, W. W. B. Hulton, R. W. Ketton and P. Vernon Smith.
  - Report on the manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry ... preserved at Drumlanrig Castle. Volume 2. (1903) (Google Book Search)
    Calendar of letters to the first duke from Alexander, Earl of Moray, 1682-6, and the Hon. John Drummond, 1682-5.
  - The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, Esq., F.S.A. of Richmond, Surrey (1897) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 15th Report, appendix 2.
  - The Manuscripts of J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale (1897) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 15th Report, appendix 9.
  - Report on the manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, K.P., preserved at The Castle, Kilkenny. Volume 2. (1899) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
  - The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G. preserved at Belvoir Castle. Volume 4 (1905) (Google Book Search)
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
Medieval English families on the Internet:
- E:
  - Glemham, Phelip, Erpingham, Reppes (Matthew Hovius, WorldConnect Project)
    Notes and discussion on the Erpinghams of Norfolk, 13th and 14th centuries.
- G:
  - Glemham, Phelip, Erpingham, Reppes (Matthew Hovius, WorldConnect Project)
    Notes and discussion on the Glemhams of Suffolk, 14th and 15th centuries.
- P:
  - Glemham, Phelip, Erpingham, Reppes (Matthew Hovius, WorldConnect Project)
    Notes and discussion on the Phelips of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, 14th and 15th centuries.
Links:
- Internet search engines and archives:
  - Genealogy Data Search
- Links to some useful societies and journals:
  - The Heraldry Society of Scotland
    The main subjects of all articles in nos 1-28 (2005) of the Society's journal, The Double Tressure, are indexed in the Medieval Genealogical Registry (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy).
Victoria County History:
- British History Online:
  - Bedfordshire, volume 3 (1912)
  - Berkshire, volume 3 (1923)
  - Buckinghamshire, volume 3 (1925)
  - Durham, volume 3 (1928)
  - Essex, volume 5 (1966)
  - Essex, volume 6 (1973)
  - Essex, volume 7 (1978)
  - Gloucestershire, volume 4 (1988)
  - Hampshire, volume 3 (1908)
  - Hampshire, volume 5 (1912) (part)
  - Hertfordshire, volume 2 (1908) (part)
  - Staffordshire, volume 14 (1990)
  - Surrey, volume 3 (1911)
  - Surrey, volume 4 (1912) (part)
  - Sussex, volume 4 (1953)
  - Worcestershire, volume 3 (1913)
- VCH county websites:
  - Ansford (VCH Somerset website)
  - North Cadbury (VCH Somerset website)
  - Queen Camel (VCH Somerset website)
  - South Cadbury (VCH Somerset website)
  - West Lydford (VCH Somerset website)

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