Medieval English genealogy: updates: 29 September 2023

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Contents:

• New material
• New links
• Updated links

New material

I am very grateful to Stephen Swailes for contributing further Abstracts of Northamptonshire Assize Rolls, covering 1388-1398 (JUST 1/1501: fronts and dorses).

The following items have been added or updated in the Corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage section:

• Aldborough, volume 1, page 99 and note c.
• Kildare, volume 7, page 227 and note h.

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Public records: Taxation and other lists:
    • [G. Vanderzee, ed.] Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, temp. Regis Edwardi III (1807) (FamilySearch)
      Selection of inquisitions and associated documents for a lay subsidy of two ninths granted in 1340. Latin transcripts in record type.
  • Public records: Chancery and other equity suits:
    • [J. Bayley, ed.] Calendars of the Proceedings in Chancery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth [1558-1603]. Volume 1. (1827) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      English calendar of documents from series C 2. With examples of earlier proceedings (from C 1) from 1377. The entries for C 2 are included in the online National Archives catalogue, but with the spelling of names altered.
    • [J. Bayley, ed.] Calendars of the Proceedings in Chancery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth [1558-1603]. Volume 2. (1830) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      English calendar of documents from series C 2. With examples of earlier proceedings (from C 1) from 1377. The entries for C 2 are included in the online National Archives catalogue, but with the spelling of names altered.
    • [J. Bayley, ed.] Calendars of the Proceedings in Chancery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth [1558-1603]. Volume 3. (1832) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      English calendar of documents from series C 2. The entries for C 2 are included in the online National Archives catalogue, but with the spelling of names altered.
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • [J. Caley, ed.] Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum et Inquisitionum ad Quod Damnum (1803) (HathiTrust)
      Lists of contents in Latin, covering charter rolls (C 53) for 1199-1483, and inquisitions (Edward II to 39 Henry VI). for 1307-1461. Both these lists have been superseded by more recent publications.
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • Edward Jones, Index to Records called, the Originalia and Memoranda on the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the Exchequer. Volumes 1 and 2. (1793, 1795) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Volume 1 contains Latin personal name indexes to Originalia [E 371] for the reigns of Henry VIII to Anne (with a separate place-name index). Volume 2 contains brief Latin abstracts of Memoranda [E 368], arranged by place-name, with an appendix of English abstracts of other records, arranged by place-name. At the end there is a personal name index for the Memoranda.
    • [H. Playford and J. Caley, eds] Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio. Volume 1. Temporibus Regum Hen. III. Ed. I. & Ed. II [1216-1327] (1805) (HathiTrust)
      A calendar of the Originalia Rolls (E 371), which contain records of fines. Latin transcripts in record type.
    • [H. Playford and J. Caley, eds] Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio. Volume 2. Tempore Regis Edwardi III [1327-1377] (1810) (HathiTrust)
      A calendar of the Originalia Rolls (E 371), which contain records of fines. Latin transcripts in record type.
    • Francis Palgrave, editor, The Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons ... Volume 1. (1827) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      English Chronological Abstract of the writs in this volume and Calendar of writs of election and returns, and Latin transcripts in record type of Parliamentary Writs and Writs relating to Military Service. Reign of Edward I [1272-1307]. With an alphabetical digest and an index of persons.
    • Francis Palgrave, editor, The Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons ... Volume 2, Division 1. (1830) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      English Chronological Abstract of the writs in this volume and Calendar of writs of election and returns, covering the reign of Edward II [1307-1327].
    • Francis Palgrave, editor, The Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons ... Volume 2, Division 2. Parliamentary and Military Writs, etc. and Appendix. (1830) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      Latin transcripts in record type, for the reign of Edward II [1307-1327]. Parliamentary Writs, Writs relating to Military Service, and an Appendix of illustrative documents.
    • Sir Harris Nicolas, ed., Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England. Volume 1. [1386-1410] (1834) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      Mainly French transcripts.
      [Other copies at: Google Books:  1 ;  2  [Hints and tips].]
    • Sir Harris Nicolas, ed., Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England. Volume 4. [1429-1436] (1835) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      Latin, English and French transcripts.
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]

Updated links

• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • C:
    • Armorial pedigree of the Cornwallis family (Seax - Essex Archives Online)
      Image of a pedigree showing the ancestry of the Cornwallis family, 14th century and later, drawn up in 1560.
• Links:
  • Non-English:
    • The Declaration of Arbroath Family History Project (University of Strathclyde)
      Genealogical investigation of those named in the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) and their families, using both documentary and genetic evidence.