Medieval English genealogy: updates: 28 December 2018

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Contents:

• News
• New material
• New links
• Updated links

News

A new translation of an important 13th-century text was published recently:

• David Preest, translator, and Harriett R. Webster, editor, The Annals of Dunstable Priory (2018)
  [Further details are available on the publisher's website.]

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines have been added for Shropshire (1272-1307) (283 fines), Westmorland (1272-1307) (51 fines), Worcestershire (1272-1307) (192 fines) and Divers, Unknown and Various Counties (1272-1307) (389 fines).

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

• Botetourt, volume 2, page 233.
• Mortimer of Richard's Castle, volume 9, page 258.

New links

• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by author, O-Z:
    • Frances Neale, editor, William Worcestre: The Topography of Medieval Bristol. (2000) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 51. Latin text and English translation of a 15th-century topographical survey of Bristol.
  • County and local history:
    • Roger H. Leech, The Topography of Medieval and Early Modern Bristol. Part 1. Property holdings in the early walled town and marsh suburb north of the Avon. (1997) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 48. Includes a history of the tenure of each holding.
    • Roger H. Leech, The St Michael's Hill Precinct of the University of Bristol. The Topography of Medieval and Early Modern Bristol, Part 2. (2000) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 52. Includes a history of the tenure of each holding.
  • Modern biography and prosopography:
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 1. ... 1066-1199. (1848) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 2. ... 1199-1272. (1848) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 3. ... 1272-1377. (1851) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 4. ... 1377-1485. (1851) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 5. ... 1485-1603. (1857) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 6. ... 1603-1660. (1857) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 7. ... 1660-1714. (1864) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 8. ... 1714-1820. (1864) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
    • Edward Foss, The Judges of England. Volume 9. ... 1820-1864. (1864) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Biographical accounts of English judges.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • Public records: Common law records:
    • Elizabeth Chapin Furber, editor, Essex Sessions of the Peace 1351, 1377-1379 (1953) (The Essex Society for Archaeology and History)
      Essex Archaeological Society, Occasional Publications, number 3. Latin and French transcripts, with English abstracts.
    • John Parker, transcriber, A Calendar of the Lancashire Assize Rolls ... Part 1. (1904) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 47. English abstracts, 1241-1281, with notes on earlier assizes.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive; British History Online.]
    • John Parker, transcriber, A Calendar of the Lancashire Assize Rolls ... Part 2. (1905) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 49. English abstracts, 1284-1285, with notes of related material from 1216-1272.
      [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive; British History Online.]
  • Public records: Feet of fines:
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, A Calendar of the Feet of Fines relating to Bristol at the Public Record Office. [1197-1373] (1931) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, volume 2, Appendix I, pages 171-247. English abstracts; included in the index of persons for this volume.
    • The Rev. Oswald J. Reichel, ed., Devon Feet of Fines. Volume 1. Richard I. - Henry III. 1196-1272. (1912) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.]
  • Public records: Chancery and other equity suits:
    • Miscellaneous Chancery Records enrolled at Common Law (WAALT: the Wiki for the Anglo-American Legal Tradition Website)
      List of stray documents from chancery enrolled in common law records, with links to images of original documents. In progress; currently covering 1342-1590 (few entries so far).
    • Chancery Final Decrees [1534-1880] (The Anglo-American Legal Tradition)
      Chronological lists of covering C78 and C79, including personal and place names, with links to images of original documents.
    • Court of Requests: Book of Orders, Final Orders, Decrees, Memoranda (Michaelmas 36/37 Eliz I - Hilary 38 Eliz I) (Dave King, The Anglo-American Legal Tradition)
      List of entries from REQ 1/18, containing orders, decrees and memoranda of the Court of Requests, October 1594-March 1596, giving names and some details of suits with links to images of original documents.
  • Public records: Chancery rolls:
    • Calendar of Patent Rolls. 2 Edward I. [1273-1274] (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      List of entries omitted from main series of calendars (43rd Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Appendix I, p. 371; 1882).
  • Public records: Miscellaneous public records:
    • First and Second Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1840, 1841) (HathiTrust)
    • Third and Fourth Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1842, 1843) (HathiTrust)
      The Third Report is followed by an index to the First to the Third Reports.
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
    • Tenth to Twenty-Second Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1849-1861) (HathiTrust)
    • Seventeenth to Twenty-Second Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1856-1861) (HathiTrust)
    • The Twenty-Third and Twenty-Fourth Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1862, 1863) (HathiTrust)
    • The Twenty-Third to Twenty-Seventh Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1862-1866) (HathiTrust)
      The Twenty-Seventh Report is followed by an index to the Twenty-Third to the Twenty-Seventh Reports.
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • The Twenty-Eighth to Thirtieth Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1867-1869) (HathiTrust)
    • The Twenty-Ninth to Thirty-First Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1868-1870) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    • The Thirty-First Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1870) (HathiTrust)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • The Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. Volume 1. Report and Appendix I. (1871) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • The Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. Volume 2. Appendix II. (1871) (HathiTrust)
    • The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1875) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; HathiTrust.]
    • The Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1876) (HathiTrust)
    • The Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1877) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; HathiTrust.]
    • The Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. [Part.] (1878) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Incomplete. Includes pages 399-826 and index to reports 36-39 only.
    • The Fortieth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1879) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
    • The Forty-First Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. [Part.] (1880) (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
      Incomplete. Includes pages 433-672 only.
    • The Forty-Third Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1882) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    • The Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1884) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1885) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Forty-Sixth and Forty-Seventh Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1886) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Forty-Ninth and Fiftieth Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1888, 1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    • The Fiftieth to Sixty-Fourth Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1889-1903) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
      Some pages are missing near the beginning.
    • The Fifty-Seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. (1896) (InternetArchive - Text Archive)
      [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
    • Enrolled Writings, Indentures, etc (The Anglo-American Legal Tradition)
      List of miscellaneous writings enrolled in common law records, in progress, currently covering 1214-1600, with links to images of original documents.
  • Charters:
    • N. Dermott Harding, editor, Bristol Charters, 1155-1373. (1930) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 1. Latin transcripts with English translations.
    • H. A. Cronne, editor, Bristol Charters, 1378-1499. (1946) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 11. Latin transcripts with English abstracts.
    • R. C. Latham, editor, Bristol Charters, 1509-1899. (1947) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 12. Latin transcripts with English abstracts and associated material.
    • C. D. Ross, editor, Cartulary of St. Marks' Hospital, Bristol. (1959) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 21. Calendar of cartulary completed in 1505, with Latin transcripts of early documents.
    • John L. Fisher, transcriber, Cartularium Prioratus de Colne (1946) (The Essex Society for Archaeology and History)
      Essex Archaeological Society, Occasional Publications, number 1. Latin transcript of the 12th-century cartulary of the priory of Earl's Colne.
  • Manorial records:
    • Arthur Sabin, editor, Some Manorial Accounts of St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol. (1960) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 22. Latin transcript of the Computa of the manors for 1491-2, a note of the differences in that for 1496-7 and extracts from other documents of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
  • Probate records:
    • Edwin and Stella George, editors, with the assistance of Peter Fleming, Bristol Probate Inventories Part 1: 1542-1650. (2002) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 54. Transcripts.
    • Sheila Lang and Margaret McGregor, editors, Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol 1546-1603. (1993) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 44. Abstracts of wills.
    • Edwin and Stella George, editors, with the assistance of Peter Fleming, Bristol Probate Inventories [Part 2] 1657-1689. (2005) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 57. Transcripts.
  • Church records and religious houses:
    • Clive Burgess, editor, The Pre-Reformation Records of All Saints', Bristol: Part I. [Benefactions, inventories and accounts] (1995) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 46.
    • Clive Burgess, editor, The Pre-Reformation Records of All Saints' Church, Bristol. Part 2: The Churchwardens' Accounts. (2000) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 53.
    • Clive Burgess, editor, The Pre-Refomation Records of All Saints' Church, Bristol. Part 3: Wills, The Halleway Chantry Records and Deeds. (2004) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 56.
    • Gwen Beachcroft and Arthur Sabin, editors, Two Compotus Rolls of Saint Augustine's Abbey, Bristol. For 1491-2 and 1511-12. (1938) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 9. Latin transcripts of accounts.
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Margaret Sharp, editor, Accounts of the Constables of Bristol Castle in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries. (1982) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 34. Calendars, from the pipe rolls, with transcripts of the three earliest accounts.
    • D. Hollis, editor, Calendar of the Bristol Apprentice Book 1532-1565. Part I. 1532-1542. (1949) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 14. Latin calendar.
    • Elizabeth Ralph and Nora M. Hardwick, editors, Calendar of the Bristol Apprentice Book. 1532-1565. Part II. 1542-1552. (1980) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 33. English calendar.
    • Elizabeth Ralph, editor, Calendar of the Bristol Apprentice Book. Part III. 1552-1565. (1992) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 43. English calendar.
    • D. M. Livock, editor, City Chamberlains' Accounts in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. (1966) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 24. Transcripts of accounts for 1556-7 and 1627-8.
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, The Great Red Book of Bristol. Introduction (Part I). Burgage Tenure in Mediaeval Bristol. (1931) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 2. As well as the first part of the introduction, the volume includes calendars of Bristol feet of fines, c. 1196-c. 1373 and of 13th- and 14th-century Bristol deeds.
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, The Great Red Book of Bristol. Text (Part I). (1933) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 4. Mainly Latin transcripts.
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, The Great Red Book of Bristol. Text (Part II). (1938) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 8. Mainly Latin transcripts.
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, The Great Red Book of Bristol. Text (Part III). (1951) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 16. Mainly Latin transcripts. With an introduction dealing with the civil courts.
    • E. W. W. Veale, editor, The Great Red Book of Bristol. Text (Part IV). (1953) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 18. Mainly Latin transcripts.
    • Elizabeth Ralph, editor, The Great White Book of Bristol [1491-1598]. (1979) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 32. Transcript, with some entries calendared.
    • Harold Evan Matthews, editor, Proceedings, Minutes and Enrolments of the Company of Soapmakers, 1562-1642. (1940) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 10.
    • E. E. Rich, editor, The Staple Court Books of Bristol [1509-1601]. (1934) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 5. Latin transcripts.
    • E. M. Carus-Wilson, editor, The Overseas Trade of Bristol. In the later Middle Ages. (1937) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 7. Miscellaneous material, 1291-1484.
    • Jean Vanes, editor, Documents illustrating the Overseas Trade of Bristol in the Sixteenth Century. (1979) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 31.
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • K:
    • Kirketon/Kirton chart pedigree (Jonathan Grenville Kirton, this site)
      Extensive chart pedigree of the Kirketon/Kirton family, 13th century to 20th century, including illustrations and heraldry.
    • The Ruin at Kirton (Jonathan Grenville Kirton, this site)
      Discussion of a ruined gatehouse formerly at Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, associated with the de Kirketon family.
  • M:
    • Mortimer History Society
      The site provides extensive information about the medieval Mortimer family and the places associated with it. The Society publishes a journal and also an online newsletter. Among the articles available on the site is an outline lineage of the Medieval Mortimer Family by Ian Mortimer.
  • N:
    • World Wide Newburgh Project
      Includes information on the Newburgh family of medieval Dorset.
  • S:
    • J. H. Bettey, editor, Calendar of the Correspondence of the Smyth Family of Ashton Court 1548-1642. (1982) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 35.
    • John Angus, transcriber, and Jean Vanes, editor, The Ledger of John Smythe, 1538-1550. (1975) (Bristol Record Society)
      Bristol Record Society Publications, 28. A merchant's account book. With a genealogy of the Smythe family of Long Ashton.
• Links:
  • Genealogy websites:
    • Sources-England (WikiTree)
      Extensive list of links to genealogically useful published sources available online. A few more are listed under Great Britain Genealogy Resources.
  • Maps:
    • List of Historic Place Names of Wales (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
      Database of historical place-names, searchable or browsable by map.
• Victoria County History:
  • British History Online:
    • Gloucestershire, volume 12 (2010) (British History Online)
    • Oxfordshire, volume 16 (2011) (British History Online)
    • Oxfordshire, volume 17 (2012) (British History Online)
    • Oxfordshire, volume 18 (2016) (British History Online)
    • Somerset, volume 10 (2010) (British History Online)
    • Wiltshire, volume 18 (2011) (British History Online)

Updated links

• A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
  • Miscellaneous sources:
    • Deeds of Arms - A Collection of Accounts of Formal Deeds of Arms of the Fourteenth Century (Steven Muhlberger, Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournaments Resource Library)
      Extracts from contemporary sources describing about forty 14th-century tournaments; modern English translations with some original Latin, French and English texts.
• Medieval source material on the Internet:
  • Medieval and early modern texts: by subject:
    • The Life of King Edward the Confessor (Cambridge University Library)
      Anglo-Norman verse (mid-13th century); images of manuscript Ee.3.59.
  • History:
    • G. B. Adams, History of England From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) (1905) (Case Western Reserve University)
      PDF file.
    • Arthur D. Innes, England Under the Tudors (1913) (Case Western Reserve University)
      PDF file.
    • Paul Lacroix, Manners, Customs and Dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance Period (1876) (Case Western Reserve University)
      PDF file.
    • Lynn H. Nelson, The Normans in South Wales, 1070-1171 (European University Institute, Florence, Italy)
    • The History of England From the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377) (1905) (Case Western Reserve University)
      PDF file.
  • County and local history:
    • The Research Archive of Colin Flight
      Collection of notes on medieval Kent records, including transcripts and translations.
  • Modern biography and prosopography:
    • James Root Hulbert, Chaucer's Official Life (1912) (Case Western Reserve University)
      Doctoral dissertation from the University of Chicago, as a PDF file, including a lot of material on late-14th-century royal courtiers.
  • Public records: Land taxes and feudal surveys:
    • Colin Flight, The survey of Kent: documents relating to the survey of the county conducted in 1086 (The Research Archive of Colin Flight)
      Book discussing the Domesday Survey of Kent and associated records, as far as the thirteenth century, originally published as British Archaeological Reports, British Series 506 (2010).
    • Open Domesday (Anna Powell-Smith)
      Searchable database of information from the Domesday Book, together with images of the manuscript and a map interface. The images are currently for Great Domesday only, but it is planned to add those for Little Domesday (Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex).
  • Public records: Feet of fines:
    • Review of Final Concords at Common Law (WAALT: the Wiki for the Anglo-American Legal Tradition Website)
      List (in progress) of final concords that were the subject of further process in the courts, with links to images of the records. Some other entries relating to final concords can be found in the general list of Review Procedures.
  • Charters:
    • Index to Catalogue of Buxton Deeds (to 1517) (The Buxton Papers, Cambridge University Library)
      Index of names and places mentioned in medieval charters and title deeds among the papers of the Buxton family of Norfolk; the index refers to a catalogue held at Cambridge University Library. See also Index to Catalogue of Buxton Papers, Index to Calendar of Buxton Letters and List of wills in the Buxton Papers.
  • Manorial records:
    • Manorial Documents Register (National Archives)
      Currently searchable online for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, the Isle of Wight, Lancashire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire and Wales.
  • Probate records:
    • List of wills in the Buxton Papers (The Buxton Papers, Cambridge University Library)
      Index of wills among the papers of the Buxton family of Norfolk; 15th century and later.
    • Swansea [Glamorgan] Wills Index: 1564-1858 (R. James, GENUKI)
• Medieval English families on the Internet:
  • B:
    • History and Pedigree of the Buxton Family (The Buxton Papers, Cambridge University Library)
      The Norfolk family, 15th century and later.
  • S:
    • Ralph Spofforth, A new history of the Spofforth Family (1949) (Alex Spofforth, Peter Spawforth and Bob Spafford)
      A previously unpublished account of the Yorkshire family, with extracts from records; the earlier parts should be treated with caution.
• Links:
  • Genealogy websites:
    • Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
      Charitable foundation for research into pre-1500 genealogy; an annual fee is charged for access to its website, where the projects include Foundations, a twice-yearly online journal, and the Online Library Catalogue and Reference Database, a referenced database of medieval genealogy.
  • Online library catalogues:
    • Cambridge University
  • Maps:
    • The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place-Names (English Place-Name Society)
      Database of place-names, based on the Society's published volumes, searchable for both modern and historical spellings. [Unfortunately this potentially very useful site seems not to have been maintained. The search facility is not working, though it is still possible to browse geographically. It is also possible to find relevant pages using a Google search limited to this website.]
  • Links to some useful societies and journals:
    • Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
      Charitable foundation for research into pre-1500 genealogy; an annual fee is charged for access to its website, where the projects include Foundations, a twice-yearly online journal, and the Online Library Catalogue and Reference Database, a referenced database of medieval genealogy.
    • Surrey Record Society
  • The City Livery Companies:
    • Marketors