Medieval English genealogy: updates: 29 March 2019

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• New material
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New material

The following item has been added in the Corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage section:

• Mortimer of Attleborough, volume 9, page 243.

I am very grateful to Stephen Swailes for providing a transcription of the 1543 lay subsidy for Spelhoe Hundred, Northamptonshire, to add to the collection of his other transcriptions of Northamptonshire Tax Assessments on this site.

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Public records: Inquisitions post mortem:
    • Duchy of Lancaster. Calendar of Lancashire Inquisitions post mortem, and General and Special Liveries, Licences to enterm and Grants of Wardship and Marriage during Minority. [Richard II-Elizabeth.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From various record series. Arranged alphabetically by surname. (39th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 532; 1878)
    • Welsh Records. Index to Inquisitions, etc. Counties of Chester and Flint. [c. 1277-c. 1645.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 3. Inquisitions post mortem and other inquisitions, with associated documents. Alphabetical index of names. (25th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 32; 1864)
  • Public records: Common law records:
    • First part of the inventory and calendar of the Baga de Secretis. [Edward IV-Henry VIII.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From KB 8. Records of state trials. The descriptions are more detailed than those in the National Archives online catalogue. (3rd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 210; 1842)
    • Second part of the inventory and calendar of the contents of the Baga de Secretis ... Edward VI, Mary, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From KB 8. Records of state trials. The descriptions are more detailed than those in the National Archives online catalogue. (4th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 213; 1843)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester. [Part 1.] Henry III and Edward I. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 29. (26th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 36; 1865)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester. [Part 2.] Edward II. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 29. (27th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 94; 1866)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester. [Part 3.] Edward III. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 29. (28th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 20; 1867)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester. [Part 4.] Richard II to Henry VII. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 29. (29th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 49; 1868)
    • Welsh Records: Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester. [Part 5.] Henry VIII. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 29. (30th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 121; 1869)
  • Public records: Feet of fines:
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Fines, Counties of Chester and Flint. [9-35 Edward I] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 31. With an alphabetical index of names and places. (28th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 6; 1867)
    • William Brigg, ed., Yorkshire Fines for the Stuart period. Volume 2. 12-22 James I, 1614-1625. (1917) (FamilySearch)
      Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, volume 58.
  • Public records: Chancery and other equity suits:
    • Calendar of Star Chamber Proceedings. [Henry VIII-Edward VI.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Calendar to STAC 2/17/1-2/26/478. Contains some details not included in the National Archives online catalogue. (49th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 376; 1888)
    • Exchequer Records. Calendar of Depositions taken by Commission. 1 Elizabeth to end of James I. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From E 134. Included in the National Archives online catalogue. (38th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 150; 1877)
    • Notices of tythe-suits enrolled in the Exchequer of Pleas, being a selection abridged from the calendar begun in 1837. [Mainly Elizabethan and later.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From the Exchequer of Pleas Plea Rolls, E 13. Arranged alphabetically by place-name. (2nd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 249; 1841)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Bills and Answers, etc., Henry VIII, Edward VI and Philip and Mary. [Cheshire and Flintshire.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 15/1, equity proceedings of the Exchequer of Chester. Arranged alphabetically by surname of first plaintiff, with an index of other surnames. (25th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 23; 1864)
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • Calendar of the close rolls ... Henry VII. A.D. 1485-1500. (1955) (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library.]
    • Calendar of the close rolls ... Henry VII. Volume 2. 1500-1509. (1963) (HathiTrust Digital Library)
    • Calendar of the French Rolls. [Part 1.] Henry V. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From C 76/96-105. (44th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 543; 1884)
    • Calendar of the French Rolls. [Part 2.] Henry VI. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From C 76/106-144. (48th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 217; 1887)
    • Calendar of the Norman Rolls. [Part 1. 6-7 Henry V.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From C 64/9-11. (41st Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 671; 1880)
    • Calendar of the Norman Rolls. [Part 2. 7-10 Henry V.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From C 64/11-17. With a glossary. (42nd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 313; 1881)
    • Calendar of Patent Rolls. 1 Edward I. [1272-1273] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      List of entries omitted from main series of calendars (42nd Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 473; 1881).
    • John Strachey, John Prideen and Edward Upham, eds, Index to the Rolls of Parliament ... (A.D. 1278-A.D. 1503) (1832) (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      Index to the six volumes published in 1783.
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • The Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1877) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Followed by an index to the Twenty-Eighth to the Thirty-Fifth Reports.
    • The Forty-Second Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1881) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
    • [Palatinate] of Lancaster Records. Calendar of Patent Rolls. 4 Richard II-21 Henry VII. (FamilySearch)
      From PL 1/1-10. 1380-1506 (with gaps). Palatinate Patent Rolls. (40th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 521; 1879)
    • [Palatinate] of Lancaster Records. Calendar of Privy Seals of the County Palatine. Richard II. (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      From PL 3/1 (nos 1-112, 114-124, 133 only). Arranged alphabetically by surname. (43rd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 363; 1882)
    • Duchy [and Palatinate] of Lancaster. Calendar of Rolls of the Chancery of the County Palatine. [Part 1. 1354-1361 and 1377-1389.] (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      From DL 37/1-3. Rolls of Palatinate of the Duke, and Close Rolls of the Palatinate. (32nd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 331; 1871)
    • [Palatinate] of Lancaster. Calendar of Rolls of the Chancery of the County Palatine. [Part 3. 11-14 Henry IV, 31-36 Henry VI and 1-9 Edward IV.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From PL 2/1-3. Palatinate Close Rolls. (37th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 172; 1876)
    • Ancient Compotuses of the Exchequer. [Henry VII and later.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      List of escheators' accounts from E 136, 150, with inquisitions noted but not abstracted. (10th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 1; 1849)
    • Exchequer Records. Calendar of Crown Leases, 33 to 38 Henry VIII. Exchequer Augmentation Office, Miscellaneous Books (Vol. 230.) (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From E 315/230. (25th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 1; 1864)
    • Exchequer Records. Calendar of Decrees of the Court of General Surveyors: 34 to 38 Henry VIII. Exchequer, Court of Augmentations, Miscellaneous Books (Vol. 106). (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From E 315/106. (30th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 166; 1869)
    • Augmentation Office Records. Index to Enrolments of Leases and Pensions. Henry VIII to James I. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Index to various records of the Augmentation Office, mainly concerned with leases and pensions granted from the property of dissolved monasteries. Arranged alphabetically by surname. (49th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 209; 1888)
    • Inventory of Particulars for Grants, preserved among the Records of the late Augmentation Office. Part 2. [Henry VIII] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      Presumably from E 318. Arranged alphabetically by surname: Ibgrave-Wynthorpe, and "Aldermen's Bundle." (10th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 223; 1849)
    • Exchequer: Special Commissions - Descriptive Catalogue. [1 Elizabeth to 10 Victoria.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From material formerly in E 178. The documents have since been reorganised (and some early pieces transferred to E 143) and an updated list has been provided in Lists and Indexes 38. (38th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 1; 1877)
    • Treasury of the Receipt of Exchequer. Calendar of Diplomatic Documents. [Part 1.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From E 30/1-1059. There are descriptions of the documents in the National Archives online catalogue, but they are less detailed than the ones in this calendar. (45th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 283; 1885)
    • Treasury of the Receipt of Exchequer. Calendar of Diplomatic Documents. [Part 2.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From E 30/1115-1321. There are descriptions of the documents in the National Archives online catalogue, but they are less detailed than the ones in this calendar. (48th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 561; 1887)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of all Writs of General Livery, Ouster-le-Main, etc. Elizabeth, James I, and Charles I. ... County of Chester. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 1/4. Arranged alphabetically. (26th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 32; 1865)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester. [Part 1.] From the earliest period [Edward II] to the end of the reign of Henry IV. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 2. Arranged alphabetically. (36th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 1; 1875)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester. [Part 2.] 1 Henry V-24 Henry VII. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 2. Arranged alphabetically. (37th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix II, p. 1; 1876)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester. [Part 3.] 1 Henry VIII-11 George IV. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From CHES 2. Arranged alphabetically. (39th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 1; 1878)
    • Welsh Records. Calendar of Warrants, Signed Bills, and Privy Seals, of the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, with one of Henry VI and one of Elizabeth ... Counties of Chester and Flint. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From CHES 1/2. Arranged alphabetically. (26th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 16; 1865)
    • Durham Records. Calendar of the Cursitor's Records. Chancery Enrolments. [Part 1. 1333-1381.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From DURH 3/29, 30. Arranged alphabetically. (31st Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 42; 1870)
    • Durham Records. Calendar of the Cursitor's Records. Chancery Enrolments. [Part 2. 1365-1388.] (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      From DURH 3/31, 32. Arranged alphabetically. (32nd Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 264; 1871)
    • Durham Records: Calendar of the Cursitor's Records: Chancery Enrolments. [Part 4. 1437-1457.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From DURH 3/42-47. Arranged alphabetically. (34th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 163; 1873)
    • Durham Records: Calendar of the Cursitor's Records: Chancery Enrolments. [Part 5. 1457-1483.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From DURH 3/48-55. Arranged alphabetically. (35th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 76; 1874)
    • Durham Records Calendar of the Cursitor's Records. Chancery Enrolments. [Part 6. 1484-1530.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From DURH 3/56-76. Arranged alphabetically. (36th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 1; 1875)
    • Durham Records. Calendar of the Cursitor's Records. Chancery Enrolments. [Part 7. 1530-1606.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From DURH 3/77-93. Arranged alphabetically. (37th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 1; 1876)
    • Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, editor, The register of Richard de Kellawe, lord palatine and bishop of Durham, 1311-1316. Volume 1. (1873) (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      Latin text, with index. (Rolls Series 62, volume 1)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library.]
    • Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, editor, The register of Richard de Kellawe, lord palatine and bishop of Durham, 1314-1316. Volume 2. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin text, with index. (Rolls Series 62, volume 2)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library.]
    • Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, editor, The register of Richard de Kellawe, lord palatine and bishop of Durham, 1314-1316. Volume 3. (1875) (1875) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin text, with index. (Rolls Series 62, volume 3)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library.]
    • Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, editor, The register of Richard de Kellawe, lord palatine and bishop of Durham, 1314-1316. Volume 4. (1878) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin text, with index. (Rolls Series 62, volume 4)
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive; HathiTrust Digital Library.]
  • Charters:
    • Duchy of Lancaster. Calendar of Ancient Charters or Grants (in boxes). Henry I-Henry VI. [Part 1.] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      From DL 25/1-341. There are descriptions of the charters in the National Archives online catalogue, but they are less detailed than the ones in this calendar and contain some text conversion errors. (35th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 1; 1874)
    • Duchy of Lancaster. Calendar of Ancient Charters or Grants (in boxes). Henry I-Henry VI. [Part 2.] (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      Charters from DL 25 relating to Furness Abbey, Cartmel Priory, Conishead Priory and Burscough Priory, with charters from DL 36 (Cartae Miscellaneae). There are descriptions of charters from DL 25 in the National Archives online catalogue, but they are less detailed than the ones in this calendar. (36th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 161; 1875)
    • Calendar of Royal Charters, which occur in Letters of inspeximus, exemplification, or confirmation, and in Cartularies, in the Public Record Office. Part 1. From Aethilberht of Kent to William II. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From various public records. (29th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 7; 1868)
    • Calendar of Royal Charters, which occur in Letters of inspeximus, exemplification, or confirmation, and in Cartularies, in the Public Record Office. Part 2. Henry I. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From various public records. (30th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 197; 1869)
    • Duchy of Lancaster. Calendar of Royal Charters. William II-Richard II. (HathiTrust Digital Library)
      From DL 10 and other sources. Abstracts of some documents are included in the National Archives online catalogue. (31st Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix, p. 1; 1870)
• Links:
  • Modern ordinaries:
    • Hubert Chesshyre and Thomas Woodcock, editors, Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary. Volume 1. [Uncharged, then A – Bend between ...] (1992) (OAPEN Library)
    • Thomas Woodcock, Janet Grant and Ian Graham, editors, Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary. Volume 2. [On a Bend ... – Chevron.] (1996) (OAPEN Library)
    • Thomas Woodcock and Sarah Flower, editors, Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary. Volume 3. [Chief - Fess.] (2009) (OAPEN Library)
    • Thomas Woodcock and Sarah Flower, editors, Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary. Volume 4. [Fetterlock - Wreath.] (2014) (OAPEN Library)

Updated links

• A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
  • Public records: Common law records:
    • Textus Roffensis. (University of Manchester)
      Images of a twelfth-century manuscript held at Rochester Cathedral, in English and Latin, including a compilation of laws, royal genealogies and a cartulary of the cathedral priory.
  • Church records:
    • Medieval Hospitals (Margaret Markham, The Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage)
      PDF format.
• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • Thomas Duffus Hardy, ed., Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in Turri Londinensi Asservati. Volume 1, part 1. [1201-1216] (1835) (Jon Crump, The Itinerary of King John Project)
      Page images of Latin transcripts in record type. The site also includes an interactive timeline and map based on the itinerary in Hardy's edition.
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Bavarian State Library.]
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • The Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1878) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Followed by an index to the Thirty-Sixth to the Thirty-Ninth Reports.
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
    • The Forty-First Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1880) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • Charters:
    • Textus Roffensis. (University of Manchester)
      Images of a twelfth-century manuscript held at Rochester Cathedral, in English and Latin, including a compilation of laws, royal genealogies and a cartulary of the cathedral priory.
  • Manorial records:
    • Custumale Roffense (University of Manchester)
      Images of a Latin manuscript from around 1300 held at Rochester Cathedral, recording the revenues of the cathedral priory.
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • B:
    • Ballard Genealogy and Heraldry (Paul Ballard)
      Collection of material including narrative pedigrees from Kent, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, heraldry, and - in the "Archives" section - inquisitions post mortem, wills, chancery rolls, and chancery and star chamber records.
• Links:
  • The City Livery Companies:
    • Masons