Medieval English genealogy: updates: 9 July 2016

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Contents:

• News
• New material
• New links
• Updated links

News

Leah Matthews contacted me with details of the Richard III Foundation's Annual Symposium, "King Richard III: Politics, Power and People", featuring a programme of seven speakers, which is to be held at Market Bosworth on Saturday 29 October. Please contact the Foundation at Richard3Foundation@aol.com for more information.

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines have been added for Nottinghamshire (1315-1327) (183 fines) and Oxfordshire (1307-1319) (292 fines).

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by subject:
    • Chronicles: [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Parts 1 and 2. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin texts of the chronicles of Simeon of Durham, John, prior of Hexham, Richard, prior of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto, John Brompton of Jervaulx, Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne and Henry Knighton. Includes an index.
    • [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Part 1 [to column 1284]. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin texts of the chronicles of Simeon of Durham, John, prior of Hexham, Richard, prior of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto and John Brompton of Jervaulx. Indexed in part 2.
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Part 2 [from column 1289 and index]. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Latin texts of the chronicles of Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne and Henry Knighton. Includes an index to both parts.
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; HathiTrust.]
  • County and local history:
    • George Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton. Volume 1. (1822-1830) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • George Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton. Volume 2. [1836, 1841] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Parts 4 and 5 of Baker's unfinished history of the county.
  • Public records: Inquisitions post mortem:
    • M. C. B. Dawes, A. C. Wood and D. H. Gifford, Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office ... volume 15. 1-7 Richard II. [1377-1384] (1970) (British History Online)
    • M. C. B. Dawes, M. R. Devine, H. E. Jones and M. J. Post, Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office ... volume 16. 7-15 Richard II. [1384-1392] (1974) (British History Online)
    • M. C. B. Dawes, H. C. Johnson, M. M. Condon, C. A. Cook and H. E. Jones, Calendar of inquisitions post mortem ... volume 17. 15-23 Richard II. [1392-1399] (1988) (British History Online)
    • J. L. Kirby, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem ... volume 18. 1-6 Henry IV. [1399-1405] (1987) (British History Online)
    • J. L. Kirby, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem ... volume 19. 7-14 Henry IV. [1405–1413] (1992) (British History Online)
    • J. L. Kirby, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem ... volume 20. 1-5 Henry V. [1413–1418] (1995) (British History Online)
  • Public records: Taxation and other lists:
    • Northamptonshire: Armour in the Northamptonshire Hundreds of Higham Ferrers, Mears Ashby, Huxlow, Orlingbury, Hamfordshoe and Rothwell for 1660 (Northamptonshire Record Office)
      Indexes to lists of householders and armour.
  • Public records: Common law records:
    • [William Page, ed.] Three early assize rolls for the county of Northumberland, saec. XIII. (1891) (HathiTrust)
      Surtees Society, volume 88. Assize rolls for 1256, 1269, 1279. Includes abstracts of feet of fines referred to in the rolls.
  • Public records: Feet of fines:
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 1. (1895) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1485-1568.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 2. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1568-1586.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 3. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1586-1603.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • [William Page, ed.] Three early assize rolls for the county of Northumberland, saec. XIII. (1891) (HathiTrust)
      Surtees Society, volume 88. Assize rolls for 1256, 1269, 1279. Includes abstracts of feet of fines referred to in the rolls.
    • R. B. Pugh, ed., Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire for the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. (1939) (Wiltshire Record Society)
      Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Records Branch, volume 1. English abstracts; with a general index. Includes Divers Counties.
    • C. R. Elrington, ed., Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire for the reign of Edward III. (1974) (Wiltshire Record Society)
      Wiltshire Record Society, volume 29. English abstracts; with a general index. Includes Divers Counties.
    • J. L. Kirby, ed., Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire 1377-1509. (1986) (Wiltshire Record Society)
      Wiltshire Record Society, volume 41. English abstracts; with a general index. Includes Divers Counties.
    • John Amphlett, ed., An Index to Worcestershire Fines, 1649-1714. (Oxford, 1896) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Brief Latin abstracts, omitting many names; with a general index. A republication of an index prepared for Sir Thomas Phillipps (1853).
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive; HathiTrust.]
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • Calendar of the charter rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Volume 4. 1-14 Edward III. A.D. 1327-1341. (1912) (HathiTrust)
    • Calendar of the charter rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Volume 6. 5 Henry VI - 8 Henry VIII. A.D. 1427-1516. With an appendix, A.D. 1215-1288. (1927) (HathiTrust)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • Thomas Duffus Hardy, ed., Rotuli litterarum clausarum in Turri Londinensi asservati. Volume 1. 1204-1224. (1833) (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Digital Library)
      Transcripts, in record type.
  • Charters:
    • George F. Warner and Henry J. Ellis, eds, Facsimiles of royal and other charters in the British Museum. Volume 1. William I - Richard I. (1903) (HathiTrust)
    • [Edward A. Bond, ed.,] Facsimiles of ancient charters in the British Museum. Part 1. (1873) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    • [Edward A. Bond, ed.,] Facsimiles of ancient charters in the British Museum. Part 3. (1877) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • L:
    • George Blundell Longstaff, The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale [county Durham]: materials for a history of a yeoman family ... (1906) (HathiTrust)
      Includes medieval material from the 13th century and later.
      [Other copies at: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.]
  • S:
    • William Ellis Scull, The Family of Scull (1930) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Account of the Scull family of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, 15th century and later. This book is still in copyright, but can be "borrowed" electronically.
• Links:
  • Genealogical databases:
    • My Grandchildren's Ancestors (John R. Schuerman)
      The Histories section includes a number of articles on medieval ancestors, originally published in the newsletter Wordens Past.
  • Maps:
    • Britain From Above (Historic Environment Scotland)
      A searchable collection of 95,000 aerial photographs of Britain, dating from 1919-1953.
  • Seals:
    • DigiSig: Digital Sigillography Resource (John McEwan, St Louis University, Missouri)
      Searchable database containing details of nearly 28,000 records and 11,000 images of medieval seals held by repositories in the British Isles. Electronic catalogue entries and extracts from published catalogues are linked to the records.
  • Links to some useful societies and journals:
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 1. (1895) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1485-1568.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 2. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1568-1586.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • William Brigg, ed., The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary. Volume 3. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Includes abstracts of Hertfordshire feet of fines, 1586-1603.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • Warwickshire: Dugdale Society
      Includes a listing of publications.

Updated links

• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • G:
    • Grimshaw Origins and History (Thomas W. Grimshaw)
      Pedigrees and records relating to a medieval Lancashire family.