Medieval English genealogy: updates: 14 April 2008
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Contents:
New material
In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Hertfordshire (1422-1485) (279 fines) have been added.
I'm very grateful to John R. Schuerman for permission to reproduce here
his article entitled The Early Tempests,
examining the evidence concerning the Tempest family of Yorkshire
in the 12th and 13th centuries.
New 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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Public records: Land taxes and feudal surveys:
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Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, [America and West Indies] 1574-1660. Volume 1. (1860) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, East Indies, China and Japan, 1513-1616, ... Volume 2. (1862) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1661-1668, ... Volume 5. (1880) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, East Indies, China and Persia, 1625-1629. Volume 6. (1884) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1669-1674. Volume 7. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, East Indies and Persia, 1630-1634. Volume 8. (1892) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1574-1674. Volume 9. (1893) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- W. N. Sainsbury and J. W. Fortescue, eds, Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1677-1680. Volume 10. (1896) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1681-1685. Volume 11. (1898) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1685-1688. Volume 12. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1689-1692. Volume 13. (1901) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1693-1696]. Volume 14. (1903) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1696-1697]. Volume 15. (1904) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- J. W. Fortescue, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1697-1698]. Volume 16. (1906) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1699, also addenda, 1621-1698. Volume 17. (1908) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1700. Volume 18. (1910) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1701. Volume 19. (1910) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1702]. Volume 20. (1912) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1702-1703]. Volume 21. (1913) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1704-1705. Volume 22. (1916) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1706-1708]. Volume 23. (1916) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1708-1709]. Volume 24. (1922) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1711-1712]. Volume 26. (1925) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1712-1714]. Volume 27. (1926) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1714-1715]. Volume 28. (1928) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1716-1717]. Volume 29. (1930) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, [1717-1718]. Volume 30. (1930) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1724-1725. Volume 34. (1936) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1726-1727. Volume 35. (1936) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1728-1729. Volume 36. (1937) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1730. Volume 37. (1937) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam and Arthur Percival Newton, eds, Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1731. Volume 38. (1938) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Cecil Headlam and Arthur Percival Newton, eds, Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1732. Volume 39. (1939) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1734-1735. Volume 41. (1953) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1735-1736. Volume 42. (1953) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- K. G. Davies, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1737. Volume 43. (1963) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- K. G. Davies, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1738. Volume 44. (1969) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
- K. G. Davies, ed., Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies, 1739. Volume 45. (1994) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
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Funeral monuments:
- Anonymous lady (c. 1415): Castleacre, Norfolk (engraving, rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, September 2007)
- William Armorer and his wife Elizabeth (1560): All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London (rubbing, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, December 2007)
- A Lady, probably Agnes de Bradeston (c. 1370): Winterbourne, Gloucestershire (photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, January 2008)
- John Byrkhede (1468): Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, August 2007)
- Sir Adam de Clyfton (1367): Methwold, Norfolk (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, May 2007)
- Walter Curson and his wife Isabel (1527): Waterperry, Oxfordshire (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, July 2007)
- Christopher Daubeney and his wife Philippa (1587): Sharrington, Norfolk (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, October 2007)
- Valentine Edvarod, his wives Agnes and Joan, and Joan's second husband Thomas Parramore (1574): St Nicholas at Wade, Kent (rubbings, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2007)
- Archbishop Samuel Harsnett (1631): Chigwell, Essex (rubbing, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, November 2006)
- Edmund Hunt and his wife Margaret (1558): Hindolveston, Norfolk (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, March 2007)
- Margaret, wife of John Lambart (1608): Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, October 2006)
- Edward Naylor and his wife (1632): Bigby, Lincolnshire (rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, November 2007)
- Valentine Edvarod, his wives Agnes and Joan, and Joan's second husband Thomas Parramore (1574): St Nicholas at Wade, Kent (rubbings, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2007)
- Sir Peter Rede (1568): St Peter, Norwich, Norfolk (rubbing, engraving and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, April 2007)
- John (or Robert) Samwell and wife (c. 1505/1515): Cottisford, Oxfordshire (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, December 2006)
- John Strensall (1408): Boston, Lincolnshire (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2008)
- George Talbot, Fourth Earl of Shrewsbury (1538): Sheffield, Yorkshire (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, June 2007)
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Schools, Universities and Inns of Court:
Updated links
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A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
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Handwriting and language:
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Medieval source material on the Internet:
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Medieval and early modern texts: by author, A-G:
- De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliæ (On the Laws and Customs of England) (Cornell Law School and collaborators)
Latin text of George Woodbine, and English translation by S. E. Thorne.
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County and local history:
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Medieval English families on the Internet:
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B:
- Early Birdsalls (Alan Birdsall)
Extensive notes on medieval Yorkshire Birdsalls.
- Family of Boothby (David Boothby)
Notes on the Boothbys of Lincolnshire and other counties, 12th-17th centuries; the antiquarian speculation about their Danish origins should be treated with caution.
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Links:
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Online library catalogues:
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Miscellaneous:
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The City Livery Companies:
Missing links
The following page has recently become unavailable.
A link to a copy in the Internet Archive has been added.
If anyone can tell me its current whereabouts I'll be very grateful.
- Henry de Lacy's
charter and the development of Congleton (David Roffe/Congleton
Civic Society)
[formerly at http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/ccs/newsletters/newsletter_june04.htm]