What's new on this site: July-September 2012

For more details, with links, of the latest batch of updates, see the update page.

4 July 2012:

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Divers, Various and Unknown Counties (1381-1509) (1500 fines) have been added.

Links to images of the original feet of fines on the Anglo-American Legal Tradition website have also been added for Northamptonshire (1255-1358) (1700 fines).

I am very grateful to Charlotte Smith for sending me a detailed account of the Echyngham (or Etchingham) family of Sussex between the 12th and 19th centuries, including copious extracts from source material, to be made available on this site.

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • History:
    • Hubert Hall, The Red Book of the Exchequer. A reply to Mr J. H. Round. (1898) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. H. Round, Studies on the Red Book of the Exchequer. [1898] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • County and local history:
    • Great Dunmow: Essex Voices Past (Kate D)
      Blog dealing with the history of Great Dunmow between the late 15th and the 17th centuries. It includes images and transcripts (in progress) of the churchwardens' accounts for 1526-1621.
    • Robert Bell Turton, The Honor and Forest of Pickering [Yorkshire]. Volume 2. (1895) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      North Riding Record Society, new series volume 2. Latin transcripts of records from various sources.
    • Robert Bell Turton, The Honor and Forest of Pickering [Yorkshire]. Volume 3. (1896) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      North Riding Record Society, new series volume 3. Latin transcripts of records from various sources.
    • Robert Bell Turton, The Honor and Forest of Pickering [Yorkshire]. Volume 4. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      North Riding Record Society, new series volume 4. Latin transcripts of records from various sources.
  • Modern biography and prosopography:
    • Matthew H. Hammond, A prosopographical analysis of society in East Central Scotland, circa 1100 to 1260, with special reference to ethnicity. (2005) (University of Glasgow)
      Ph. D. thesis. A study of aristocratic landholders, with an emphasis on charter evidence. Includes a list of private charters.
  • Public records: Land taxes and feudal surveys:
    • The Devonshire Domesday and Geld Inquest. Volume 1. (1884-1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Extended Latin texts from the Liber Exoniensis, with English translations, for Devon only; also the Inquisitio Geldi from the same manuscript.
    • The Devonshire Domesday and Geld Inquest. Volume 2. (1884-1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Extended Latin texts from the Liber Exoniensis, with English translations, for Devon only; also the Inquisitio Geldi from the same manuscript.
    • Thomas Hearne, ed., Liber Niger Scaccarii nec non Wilhelmi Worcestrii Annales Rerum Anglicarum. Volume 1. (1774) (Google Books)
      Latin transcripts.
    • Thomas Hearne, ed., Liber Niger Scaccarii nec non Wilhelmi Worcestrii Annales Rerum Anglicarum. Volume 2. (1774) (Google Books)
      Latin and French transcripts.
  • Public records: Inquisitions post mortem:
    • Edward Alexander Fry, A Calendar of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for Cornwall and Devon from Henry III to Charles I. (1216-1649). (1906) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Index of the names of those for whom inquisitions were taken.
    • [Cornwall and Devon] The Tapley-Soper Collection of Inquisitions Post Mortem. (GENUKI)
      Index to the names of those for whom inquisitions were taken, from typescript abstracts held at the Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter. Covers Cornwall. Devon and a few inquisitions from elsewhere, 13th-17th centuries.
    • The Inquisitions Post-Mortem Project (University of Winchester)
      Project to digitise the existing calendars of inquisitions post mortem and make them freely available online. In the longer term it is hoped to add further detail to the text of the older calendars. The project's website includes detailed information on the documents themselves, their administrative use and their historical importance.
    • George S. Fry, Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to the city of London, ... Part I. 1 Henry VII to 3 Elizabeth, 1485-1561. (1896) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      British Record Society, Index Library volume 15.
    • Sidney J. Madge, ed., Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the city of London ... during the Tudor period. Part II. 4-19 Elizabeth, 1561-1577. (1901) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      British Record Society, Index Library volume 26.
    • Edward Alexander Fry, ed., Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the city of London ... during the Tudor period. Part III. 19-45 Elizabeth, 1577-1603. (1908) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      British Record Society, Index Library volume 36. Includes inquisitions omitted from parts 1 and 2.
    • W. Paley Baildon and J. W. Clay, eds, Inquisitions post mortem relating to Yorkshire, of the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. (1918) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, record series, volume 59.
    • John Sykes, A Catalogue of the Inquisitions Post Mortem for the County of York, for the Reigns of James I. and Charles I., in the Courts of Chancery and of Wards and Liveries. (1885) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      In Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, Record Series volume 1.
  • Public records: Common law records:
    • G. Wrottesley, Pedigrees from the plea rolls. Collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, ... [1905] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Most after 1327 (except for Staffordshire cases); mainly from the Court of Common Pleas, but with some from the King's Bench, Assize Rolls, Chester Plea Rolls, Bracton's Note Book etc.
  • Public records: Feet of fines:
    • Review of Final Concords at Common Law (WAALT: the Wiki for the Anglo-American Legal Tradition Website)
      List (in progress) of final concords that were the subject of further process in the courts, with links to images of the records.
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • Chris Given-Wilson, general ed., The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 (printed edition, 17 volumes, Boydell and Brewer; CD-ROM, Scholarly Digital Editions; 2005)
      Transcripts of all the surviving parliamentary rolls from the reign of Edward I to that of Henry VII (Latin, French and English), together with new translations into modern English, appendices of supplementary material, a general introduction and an introduction for each parliament. The digital editions include more than a hundred specimen images of the original documents. Also available to subscribers at British History Online.
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • Charles Johnson and H. A. Cronne, eds, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum. Volume 2. Regesta Henrici Primi 1100-1135. (1956) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      English abstracts of royal acts.
    • H. A. Cronne and R. H. C. Davis, eds, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum. Volume 3. Regesta Regis Stephani ac Mathildis Imperatricis ac Gaufridi et Henrici Ducum Normannorum 1135-1154. (1968) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcripts of royal acts.
    • H. A. Cronne and R. H. C. Davis, eds, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154. Volume 4. Facsimiles of original charters and writs of King Stephen the Empress Matilda and Dukes Geoffrey and Henry 1135-1154. (1969) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Charters:
    • F. M. Stenton, ed., Documents illustrative of the social and economic history of the Danelaw from various collections. (1920) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcripts, mainly of charters.
    • T. Walter Hall and A. Hermann Thomas, Descriptive catalogue of the charters, rolls, deeds, pedigrees, [etc] forming the Jackson Collection at the Sheffield Public Reference Library. (1914) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes English abstracts of charters.
  • Probate records:
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1545 to 1620. (1879) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 2. Together with lists of transcripts of early wills in the consistory court, wills printed by the Chetham Society, wills notes by the Revs J. and G. J. Piccope, and wills preserved in Harleian manuscript 1991.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1621 to 1650. (1881) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 4. With lists of Lancashire and Cheshire wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1650-1660, and Lancashire and Cheshire administrations granted in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1650-1660.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1660 to 1680. (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 15. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1681 to 1700. (1888) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 18. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1701 to 1720. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 20. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1721 to 1740. (1890) (Google Books)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 22. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • J. P. Earwaker, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester, from A.D. 1741 to 1760. (1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 25. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • William Fergusson Irvine, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, from A.D. 1761 to 1780; A-M. (1898) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 37.
    • William Fergusson Irvine, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, from A.D. [1761 to 1780]; N-Z. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 38. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • William Fergusson Irvine, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, from A.D. 1781 to 1790. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 44. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • William Fergusson Irvine, ed., An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, from A.D. 1791 to 1800. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 45. Includes a list of the "infra" wills (for which the personalty was under £40) between the same years.
    • R. Stewart-Brown, ed., An Index to the Wills and Administrations (Including the "Infra" Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, for the years 1801 to 1810, both inclusive. Part 1. - A to L. (1911) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 62.
    • R. Stewart-Brown, ed., An Index to the Wills and Administrations (Including the "Infra" Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry, at Chester, for the years 1801 to 1810, both inclusive. Part 2. - M to Z. (1912) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 63. Including a supplementary list of wills and administrations, hitherto supposed to have been lost, for 1670, and a supplementary list of "infra" wills (for which the personalty was less than £40) for 1693.
    • West Kent Wills Index, 1440-1857 (National Wills Index, Origins Network/British Record Society)
      Index, searchable by subscribers, to wills proved in Rochester Consistory Court (c.1440-1857), Rochester Archdeaconry Court (1635-1857) and the Peculiar of Cliffe (1671-1843).
    • Kent inventories, 1571-1842 (National Wills Index, Origins Network/British Record Society)
      Index, searchable by subscribers, to inventories in the Archdeaconry Court (1571-1842) and Consistory Court (1596-1748) of the diocese of Canterbury and the Archdeaconry and Consistory Courts of the diocese of Rochester (1687-1784).
    • Lancashire Will Search (B's Home Page)
      Index compiled from various sources, including wills proved at Chester for 1545-1838, PCC wills for 1651-1660 and partial coverage of the Archdeaconry of Richmond.
    • Somerset Wills Abstracts 1385-1558 (National Wills Index, Origins Network)
      Abstracts of the wills for Somerset testators proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1385-1558. Available to subscribers.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1554 to 1568. (1893) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 14.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1568 to 1585. (1895) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 19.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1585 to 1594. (1897) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 22.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1594 to 1602. (1898) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 24.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1603 to 1611. (1899) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 26.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1612 to 1619. (1900) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 28.
    • Index of wills in the York Registry A.D. 1620 to 1627. (1902) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series volume 32.
    • Francis Collins, A Catalogue of the Yorkshire Wills at Somerset House, for the Years 1649 to 1660. (1885) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      In Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, Record Series volume 1.
  • Church records and religious houses:
    • Cause Papers in the Diocesan Courts of the Archbishopric of York, 1300-1858. (Borthwick Institute for Archives/University of Sheffield)
      Searchable database of documents relating to more than 14,000 cases heard in the ecclesiastical courts.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Registers of Walter Bronescombe (A.D. 1257-1291), and Peter Quivil (A.D. 1280-1291), Bishops of Exeter, with some records of the episcopate of Bishop Thomas de Bytton (A.D. 1292-1307). (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcripts. Also includes the Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV (1291) for the diocese of Exeter.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Register of Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter, (A.D. 1307-1326). (1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcripts and English abstracts.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Register of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, (A.D. 1327-1369). Part 2, 1331-1360. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcript.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Register of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, (A.D. 1327-1369). Part 3, 1360-1369, together with the Register of Institutions. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcripts and English abstracts.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Register of Thomas de Brantyngham, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1370-1394). Part 1. (1901) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcript.
    • Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, The Register of Thomas de Brantyngham, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1370-1394). Part 2. (1906) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin transcript.
    • R. F. Isaacson, The Episcopal Registers of the diocese of St. David's 1397 to 1518. Volume 1 (1397-1407). (1917) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Cymmrodorion Record Series number 6. Latin transcript and parallel English translation.
    • R. F. Isaacson, The Episcopal Registers of the diocese of St. David's 1397 to 1518. Volume 2 (1407-1518). (1917) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Cymmrodorion Record Series number 6. Latin transcript and parallel English translation.
    • J. W. Willis-Bund, ed., Episcopal Registers, diocese of Worcester. Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23rd, 1268, to January 26th, 1302. Part 1. 1268 to 1273 and Part 2. 1273 to 1284. (1898, 1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Worcestershire Historical Society. English abstracts. Later reissued in a slightly different edition.
    • J. W. Willis-Bund, ed., Episcopal Registers, diocese of Worcester. Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23rd, 1268, to August 15th, 1301. Volume 1. Introduction, index, pp. 1-52. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Worcestershire Historical Society. English abstracts. Earlier published in a slightly different edition.
    • J. W. Willis-Bund, ed., Episcopal Registers, diocese of Worcester. Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23rd, 1268, to August 15th, 1301. Volume 2. pp. 53-552. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Worcestershire Historical Society. English abstracts. Earlier published in a slightly different edition.
    • [James Raine, ed.] The Register, or Rolls, of Walter Gray, Lord Archbishop of York. [1235-1255] (1872) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Surtees Society volume 56. English abstracts with some Latin transcripts.
    • [William Brown, ed.] The Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of York 1266-1279. (1904) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Surtees Society volume 109. English abstracts with some Latin transcripts.
    • [William Brown, ed.] The Register of John le Romeyn, Lord Archbishop of York 1286-1296. Part 1. (1913) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Surtees Society volume 123. English abstracts with some Latin transcripts.
    • [William Brown, ed.] The Registers of John le Romeyn, Lord Archbishop of York 1286-1296. Part 2. And of Henry of Newark, Lord Archbishop of York 1296-1299. (1917) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Surtees Society volume 128. English abstracts with some Latin transcripts.
    • Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiali Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London. Volume 1. (1708) (Google Books)
      London, Middlesex and parts of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Includes records of many medieval presentations.
    • Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiali Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London. Volume 2. (1710) (Google Books)
      Essex. Includes records of many medieval presentations.
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • B:
    • W. Paley Baildon, Baildon and the Baildons [Yorkshire]. Volume 1. (1912-1927) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • W. Paley Baildon, Baildon and the Baildons [Yorkshire]. Volume 2. (1912-1927) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • W. Paley Baildon (edited by Francis J. Baildon), Baildon and the Baildons [Yorkshire]. Volume 3. (1912-1927) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • E:
    • Charlotte Carpenter Smith, Echyngham Medieval Family 1100 - 1850 (2011) (this site)
      Detailed account of the Etchinghams of Etchingham, Sussex, with copious extracts from source material.
  • G:
    • The Grenville Reports (Nimrod Research)
      An account of the Grenvilles of Bideford, Devon, from the 11th century to the early 18th.
  • T:
    • Peter Stewart, Origin and early generations of the Tosny family. (Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy)
      Pedigree of the Tosny family, 10th-12th centuries, with extensive notes and extracts from source material.
• Links:
  • Maps:
    • Old Maps Online (The Great Britain Historical GIS Project/Klokan Technologies GmbH)
      Search portal for historical maps on the Internet.

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