Medieval English genealogy: updates: 22 August 2013

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Contents:

• News
• New material
• New links
• Updated links
• Broken links

News

A further volume in the Victoria County History series has recently been published:

• Nigel J. Tringham, A History of the County of Stafford, volume 11 (2013)
  Audley, Keele and Trentham. Further information is available here.

Another potentially relevant recent publication is:

• Elisabeth van Houts and Rosalind Love, eds, The Warenne (Hyde) Chronicle (Oxford University Press, 2013)
  Latin text and English translation of a chronicle covering the period 1035-1120, with a commentary. Further information is available here.

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Lincolnshire (1328-1348) (817 fines) have been added.

I am very grateful to James Poynor for sending me photographs of a further medieval document in his possession - a charter of Thomas Rodeland of Sandy, Bedfordshire, from 1425. The photographs and a translation of the document can be found by following the link above.

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by author, O-Z:
    • Charles Wriothesley (William Douglas Hamilton, ed.) A Chronicle of England during the reigns of the Tudors, from A.D. 1485 to 1559. Volume 1. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Urban and guild records:
    • Medieval London: Reading the Records (Robert Ellis)
      Latin transcriptions and English translations, in progress, of late 14th-century records in Letter-Book H of the City of London.
  • Schools, Universities and Inns of Court:
    • A Cambridge Alumni Database (Cambridge University Library)
      Database compiled from published lists by John Venn, John Archibald Venn and A. B. Emden and from the records of Newnham and Girton Colleges. Includes all those who matriculated in or before 1900, and some later alumni who are known to be no longer living.
    • John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 1. From the earliest times to 1751. Volume 1. Abbas-Cutts. (1922) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 1. From the earliest times to 1751. Volume 2. Dabbs-Juxton. (1922) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 1. From the earliest times to 1751. Volume 3. Kaile-Ryves. (1924) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 1. From the earliest times to 1751. Volume 4. Saal-Zuinglius and Appendix. (1927) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 1. Abbey-Challis. (1940) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 2. Chalmers-Fytche. (1944) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 3. Gabb-Justamond. (1947) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 4. Kahlenberg-Oyler. (1951) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 5. Pace-Spyers. (1953) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list ... from the earliest times to 1900. Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Volume 6. Square-Zupitza. (1954) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. (1891) (British History Online)
      Text of volumes 1-4.
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Volume 1. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Volume 2. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Volume 3. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Volume 4. (1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Volume 1. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Volume 2. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Volume 3. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Volume 4. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • W:
    • Williscroft Woolliscroft Wolliscroft Worldwide Onename Study (Jill Dixon)
      Includes notes of medieval occurrences of the surname in Staffordshire.
• Links:
  • Links to some useful societies and journals:
    • The Shropshire Record Series (Research Institute for Social Sciences, Keele University)
      List of volumes.
• Victoria County History:
  • Older County Histories:
    • Tristram Risdon, The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon. (1811) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      SourcePDFs2\Sources\A_chorographical_description_or_survey_o
    • John Morton, The Natural History of Northampton-shire. (1712) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    • William Whellan and Co, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Northamptonshire. (1849) (Google Books [Hints and tips])

Updated links

• A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
  • Published works, bibliographies and indexes:
    • National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
  • Church records:
    • Norbert Backmund, Monasticon Praemonstratense: Circaria Angliae (1952) (Order of Prémontré)
      Historical information about Praemonstratensian abbeys in England, with foundation narratives, lists of abbots etc (in Latin).
• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • County and local history:
    • The History of St. Keverne [Cornwall] (St Keverne Local History Society)
      Unpublished notes by Canon W.A. Diggens, vicar of St Keverne 1896-1913, including details of the Manors of St Keverne and their medieval history.
  • Public records: Taxation and other lists:
    • Subsidies - St. Keverne [Cornwall] 1524 and 1543 (St Keverne Local History Society)
    • Muster Rolls - St. Keverne [Cornwall] 1569 (St Keverne Local History Society)
      Also includes the parish of Manaccan
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • Privy purse expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe accounts of Edward IV. (Richard III Society)
      Text from the edition of Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1830).
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • K:
    • Research of Knelle Manor and Family, Similar Names, Manors and Places (Ana Luppertz)
      Detailed notes on the Knelle family of Sussex, 12th century and later.
• Links:
  • Online library catalogues:
    • SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online
  • Record repositories and official bodies:
    • British Library Integrated Archives and Manuscripts Search
      See also online bibliographical material on the Cotton Manuscripts gathered by Dr Nigel Ramsay (in preparation; Dr Andrew Prescott, Sheffield University)
  • Societies and scholarly organisations:
    • Cumbria Past (Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society)
      Includes a list of publications still in print, and lists of contents of recent volumes of the Society's Transactions.
  • Links to some useful societies and journals:
    • The Genealogist (founded 1980)
      Includes subscription information and lists of contents of recent issues
      The main subjects of all medieval articles in The Genealogist are indexed in the Medieval Genealogical Registry (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy).
    • Hampshire Record Series

Broken links

The following pages have recently become unavailable. If anyone can send me updated URLs for them, I'll be very grateful.

• Hawkesbury History (Robert Millard)
  [formerly at http://www.simplyspecs.biz/hawkesburyhistory/index2.htm.htm and http://www.hawkesburyfamilyhistory.co.uk/index.html]
• On the origin of the Lomas/Lomax surname (David Lomax)
  [formerly at http://members.multimania.co.uk/Lomas/origin.htm]
• Pipe Rolls (William Prestwidge)
  [formerly at http://prestwidge.com/index.php?/storytelling/pipe-rolls/]
• Shillito Family History Society
  [formerly at http://www.shillitoe.co.uk/]