What's new on this site: January-March 2007
For more details, with links, of the latest batch of updates, see the
update page.
5 March 2007:
New material
In the Feet of Fines section,
abstracts of fines for
Cornwall (1461-1509) (64 fines),
Devon (1369-1509) (897 fines),
Dorset (1485-1509) (19 fines),
Shropshire (1360-1509) (298 fines) and
Somerset (1485-1509) (61 fines)
have been added.
New links
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Medieval source material on the Internet:
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Public records: Common law records:
- The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (Robert Palmer, University of Houston Law Center)
A huge project to digitise medieval and early-modern English legal records, and to make the images freely available through the Internet. The records covered are from the period 1272-1650, and include plea rolls (CP 40, KB 27 and E 13), Exchequer memoranda rolls (E 159 and E 368) and other series (C 33, JUST 1 [to 1350], E 124, E 126, REQ 1, DL 5 and CHES 14). Images are already available for the reigns of Edward I, Edward III and Henry VIII-Charles I, and more material is being added at the rate of 400,000 images per year. The site also includes some transcribed examples.
- Extracts from a plea roll of the Court of Common Pleas dated 1308, relating to the county of Kent (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
English abstracts, from CP 40/169.
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Public records: Feet of fines:
- Buckinghamshire Feet of Fines, 1195-1260 (Buckinghamshire County Council)
- Lancashire Feet of Fines, 1189-1307 (British History Online)
- Lancashire Feet of Fines, 1307-1377 (British History Online)
- Lancashire Feet of Fines, 1377-1509 (British History Online)
- Lancashire Feet of Fines, 1509-1558 (British History Online)
- Lincolnshire Feet of Fines, 1244-1272 (British History Online)
- London and Middlesex Feet of Fines, 1195-1485 (Google Book Search)
- London and Middlesex Feet of Fines, 1485-1569 (Google Book Search)
- Norfolk Feet of Fines, 1191-1216 (Google Book Search)
- Norfolk Feet of Fines, 1307-1485 (Google Book Search)
- Yorkshire Feet of Fines, 1486-1571 (British History Online)
- Yorkshire Feet of Fines, 1571-83 (British History Online)
- Yorkshire Feet of Fines, 1583-1594 (British History Online)
- Yorkshire Feet of Fines, 1594-1603 (British History Online)
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Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
- Ancient Petitions, Henry III - James I (National Archives, DocumentsOnline/University of York)
Monochrome images, in PDF format, of documents in the series SC 8. The images are accompanied by abstracts of the documents, which are searchable through the National Archives online catalogue. Note that, although these images are free to view, it's necessary to follow the usual "shopping cart" procedure to download them. This includes opting to pay by credit card, but the only information required is a valid email address.
- Minor officials of the Crown (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
Transcripts of lists of minor household officials, from accounts of the King's Remembrancer (E101). PDF format.
- Payments to mariners 1298-1299 (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
Transcript from accounts of the King's Remembrancer (E101/355/19). PDF format.
- State Papers Project (University of Hull)
Transcripts of selected records from the series SP 12 (State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I), and associated documents from the Lansdowne Manuscripts, the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House and Hull City Archives.
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Charters:
- G. H. Fowler and J. G. Jenkins, eds, Early Buckinghamshire Charters (Buckinghamshire County Council)
Buckinghamshire Record Society, volume 3 (1939). Latin transcripts and abstracts of various deeds.
- Some deeds of the county of Dorset (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
- Some Kent Deeds (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
- Some deeds of the county of Lancashire (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
- Some deeds of the county of Lincolnshire (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
- J. G.Jenkins, ed., The Cartulary of Missenden Abbey, part 1 (Buckinghamshire County Council)
Buckinghamshire Record Society, volume 2 (1938). Latin transcripts and English abstracts of royal and episcopal charters, and charters relating to Missenden, Kingshill, the Lee and Wendover.
- [J. C. Atkinson, ed.] Cartularium abbathiae de Whitby, ordinis S. Benedicti, fundatae anno MLXXVIII. (1879) (Google Book Search)
Surtees Society, volume 69. Part 1 (continued in volume 72). Latin transcript.
- [J. C. Atkinson, ed.] Cartularium abbathiae de Whitby, ordinis S. Benedicti, fundatae anno MLXXVIII. (1881) (Google Book Search)
Surtees Society, volume 72. Part 2 (continued from volume 69). Latin transcript.
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Manorial records:
- An terrier and rental of the manors of Ulveston Hall and Sackvilles, in Debenham, Suffolk, dated 1594 (Historical Manuscripts, Kenneth Jacob)
Transcripts, in PDF format.
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Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
- Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19, with Northamptonshire Pedigrees from various Harleian MSS. (1887) (Google Book Search)
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Urban and guild records:
- Hull City Archives (University of Hull )
Transcripts of selected documents from the Borough Letters and Bench Book Four, from the period 1558-1603.
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Medieval English families on the Internet:
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B:
- Early Birdsalls (Alan Birdsall)
Extensive notes on medieval Yorkshire Birdsalls.
- Birdsall (Alan Birdsall)
Notes on the medieval Yorkshire Birdsalls, including heraldry, the origin of the name and extensive extracts from various sources.
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C:
- Cruwys One-Name Study (Debbie Kennett)
Details of a one-name study of the surname, with links to some early-modern material.
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F:
- W. P. W. Phillimore, Memorials of the Family of Fynmore (1886) (Phil Finnimore)
HTML version, in progress, with introduction and appendix in PDF format.
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S:
- The Saville family of Langton Matravers (S. B. Saville)
Edited version of the booklet "The origins and history of the Saville family of Langton Matravers, Dorset", by Reginald Saville; includes some medieval information.
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Links:
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Non-English:
- KinHelp (Gordon Johnson)
A research service for Scottish ancestry, concentrating on the pre-1700 period; the website also includes indexes to a number of volumes of published records and other useful reference material.
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Victoria County History:
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British History Online:
- Lancashire, volume 7 (1912)
- Lancashire, volume 8 (1914)
- Staffordshire, volume 5 (1959)
- Staffordshire, volume 8 (1963)
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VCH county websites:
- Babcary (VCH Somerset website)
- Lovington (VCH Somerset website)
- Wheathill (VCH Somerset website)
For older additions, see: