Medieval English genealogy: updates: 26 June 2017

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Contents:

• New material
• New links
• Updated links

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines have been added for:

• Leicestershire (1272-1307) (359 fines)
• Lincolnshire (1272-1282) (251 fines)

New 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.
• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by author, H-N:
    • Churchill Babington, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 1. (1865) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Churchill Babington, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 1. (1869) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 3. (1871) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 4. (1872) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 5. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 6. (1876) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 7. (1879) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 8. (1882) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • Joseph Rawson Lumby, ed., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Volume 9. (1886) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • History:
    • Emily Compton, Property, Propriety, and Patriarchy: Abduction, Assault and Housebreaking in the Court of Common Pleas, 1399-1500. (2014) (University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
      MA thesis. Study based on the abstracts of cases connected with London by Jonathan Mackman and Matthew Stevens.
    • William Farrer, An outline itinerary of King Henry the First. (1919) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Detailed summary of documentary evidence about the movements of Henry I throughout his reign.
  • Charters:
    • Léchaudé d'Anisy, Extrait des chartes, et autres actes Normands ou Anglo-Normands, qui se trouvent dans les archives du Calvados. Volume 1. (1834) (HathiTrust)
      French abstracts of early charters from Normandy.
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust; Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Léchaudé d'Anisy, Extrait des chartes, et autres actes Normands ou Anglo-Normands, qui se trouvent dans les archives du Calvados. Volume 2. (1834) (HathiTrust)
      French abstracts of early charters from Normandy.
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust; Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • 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.

Updated links

• A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
  • Manorial documents:
    • Manorial Documents Register (National Archives)
      Includes background information and a bibliography.
      Currently searchable online for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, the Isle of Wight, Lancashire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire and Wales.
• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Some internet libraries:
    • Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
      Site offering online access to more than 4 million documents, including books and manuscripts. The text of some books is searchable, though there is only limited access to newer works that are still in copyright. The books include many relating to medieval England.
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by author, O-Z:
    • C. D. Yonge, translator, The Flowers of History, especially such as relate to the Affairs of Britain ... collected by Matthew of Westminster. Volume 2. (1853) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      English translation.
      [Other copies at: melocki.org.uk.]
  • Manorial records:
    • Manorial Documents Register (National Archives)
      Currently searchable online for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, the Isle of Wight, Lancashire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire and Wales.
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • C:
    • Anthony Hoskins, Mary Boleyn's Carey Children - Offspring of King Henry VIII? (GenealogyMagazine.com)
      Article originally published in the Genealogists' Magazine (1997), arguing that the children of William Carey's wife Mary (née Boleyn) may have been fathered by Henry VIII.
  • S:
    • Saunders of Pentre, Tymawr, and Glanrhydw (Ivan Sanders)
      Occurrences of the surname in Surrey and elsewhere, 13th century and later; a paper by Francis Green from the Historical Society of West Wales Transactions (1913).
• Links:
  • Links to some useful societies and journals:
    • English Historical Review (Oxford University Press)
      Includes lists of contents. Volumes 1-37 (1886-1922) are available at the Internet Archive. There is a list of links to these volumes at the Online Books Page.
  • The City Livery Companies:
    • Chartered Architects