Medieval English genealogy: updates: 30 May 2010
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Contents:
News
More material continues to be added to the Anglo-American Legal Tradition website.
In addition, navigation is being improved by the addition of red thumbnails marking multiples of 50 rotulets/membranes, and work
has begun on compiling an index to records in series C33 (Chancery Entry Books) by transcribing the names of parties from images of
the contemporary calendars. Volunteers are being sought to help with both these projects (for the latter, some familiarity with 16th-17th century
hands would be required). Details are available in the appropriate items linked from
the project's News page.
New material
In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Lincolnshire (1370-1376) (240 fines) have been added.
New links
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A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
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Published works, bibliographies and indexes:
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Handwriting and language:
- Classical Turns (David Butterfield, Christ's College, Cambridge)
Service offering translation from Latin and Ancient Greek.
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Medieval source material on the Internet:
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History:
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County and local history:
- A. T. Bannister, Herefordshire Placenames (1916) (Mel Lockie)
- J. A. Picton, Memorials of Liverpool [Lancashire], historical and topographical, including a history of the dock estate (1873) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Volume 1 of 2 (historical).
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- F. R. Raines, The rectors of Manchester [Lancashire], and the wardens of the collegiate church of that town (1885) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Chetham Society, new series, volume 5. Part 1 of 2, to 1579.
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 2. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Chetham Society, new series, volume 16. Covers the period 1616-c. 1643.
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 3. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Chetham Society, new series, volume 17. Covers the period c. 1643-1880.
- George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 4. (1890) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Chetham Society, new series, volume 18. The church, chapels and documents relating to the Priory of St Thomas at Holland or Upholland.
- Edward Marshall, A supplement to the history of Woodstock manor [Oxfordshire] and its environs, with a Notice of the Church and Parish of Wootton (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Thomas Baines, Yorkshire, Past and Present, volume 1, part 1. [1871-1877] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- Thomas Baines, Yorkshire, Past and Present, volume 1, part 2. [1871-1877] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- Thomas Baines, Yorkshire, Past and Present, volume 2, part1. [1871-1877] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive: 1 ; 2 .]
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Modern biography and prosopography:
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Public records: Pipe rolls:
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Charters:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Cartularium saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. (1883-1893) (Oxford Text Archive)
Text of volumes 1-3, though footnotes and variant readings are not included.
- Walter de Gray Birch, Cartularium saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. Vol. 1, A.D. 430-839 [Part 2, 741-839] (1885) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Walter de Gray Birch, Cartularium saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. Vol. 2, A.D. 840-947 [Part 1, 840-928] (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Walter de Gray Birch, Cartularium saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. Vol. 2, A.D. 840-947 [Part 2, 928-947] (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
- Walter de Gray Birch, Cartularium saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. Vol. 3, A.D. 948-975 [Part 1, 948-959] (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Walter de Gray Birch, Index Saxonicus: an index to all the names of persons in Cartularium Saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive: 1 ; 2 .]
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Probate records:
- Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845 (National Wills Index, Origins Network)
Index to extracts from will of testators with monies in public funds, containing about 60,000 records, searchable by subscribers. Hard copies of the extracts can also be ordered through Origins Network.
- Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1700-1807 (National Wills Index, Origins Network)
Index to over 5000 wills, mainly from the first half of the 18th century, searchable by subscribers; there are very few entries after the 1770s.
- National Wills Index (Origins Network)
Index to English wills and probate documents, in progress, with the participation of the British Record Society and other organisations. The index is searchable by subscribers, and for some probate jurisdictions copies of original documents can be ordered through the website.
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800 (National Wills Index, Origins Network)
Index compiled from the contemporary calendars of wills, containing about 208,000 records, searchable by subscribers. This is an alternative for this period to the free index available at the National Archives website.
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Church records and religious houses:
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Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
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Private letters and papers:
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Medieval English families on the Internet:
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K:
- Kirkman One-Name Study (Tony Kirkman, Guild of One-Name Studies)
Includes notes on the origin of the surname and early occurrences in Yorkshire and elsewhere.
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U:
- Reedness and Ousefleet (Raymond E. O. Ella, Goole on the Web)
Miscellaneous notes on the medieval Usflete family.
- Usflete Heraldry (Raymond E. O. Ella, this site)
Two photographs showing the heraldry of the Usflete family on funeral monuments.
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Links:
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Medieval (and early modern) armorials:
- Joseph Foster, Some feudal coats of arms and others (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Illustrated armory compiled from medieval rolls of arms, with many additional illustrations, particularly of funeral monuments.
(Note that there are two editions of this work, this one with 2000 illustrations and an abbreviated one with only 830.)
[Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
Updated links
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A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
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Medieval source material on the Internet:
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County and local history:
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Charters:
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Parish registers:
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Schools, Universities and Inns of Court:
- A searchable (but not browsable) online version is available on the website of Trinity College, Cambridge
This includes some updates and additional bibliographical information.
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Medieval English families on the Internet:
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B:
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W:
- Introductory notes on Wakely history (J. R. Wakely/Steve Wakely)
Detailed account with background material and pedigrees, covering Hertfordshire, Dorset, London and Devon (14th-17th centuries).
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Links:
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Links to some useful societies and journals:
Missing links
The following page has recently become unavailable.
A link to a copy at the Internet Archive has been added.
If anyone can tell me its current whereabouts I'll be very grateful.
- The rise of the Flemish families in Scotland (Annette Hardie-Stoffelen)
[formerly at http://amg1.net/scotland/flemfam.htm]