What was new on this site: January-March 2003
For the most recent additions, with links, see the
update page.
For brief details of the current quarter's additions, see
What's new on this site.
1 March 2003:
In the "proposed" section of Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage,
the following items have been added:
GREY (of Codnor) (parentage of Iseude, wife of Henry de Grey),
GREY (of Sandiacre),
MOLEYNS or MOLINS,
MORAY,
NORFOLK (date of the marriage of Hugh Bigod (d. 1176/7) to Gundred),
OXFORD,
RICH,
THE RISE OF THE MARSHAL,
SALISBURY (evidence of another daughter, Mary, of William Longespee) and
SURREY.
New links
- Medieval source material on the Internet:
- Medieval and early modern texts:
Henry VIII
& Queen Catherine -- the herald's account
(Lincolnshire-web.co.uk)
A contemporary account of a
visit
to Lincoln by Henry VIII in 1541
- County and local history:
- Barwick-in-Elmet
[Yorkshire, West Riding] Historical Society
The site includes a full list of contents of the society's magazine The Barwicker,
together with a number of online
articles. The subjects range from the ancient kingdom of Elmet, extracts from medieval manorial
records for Scholes, Woodhouse and Barwick itself, the history of Barnbow and the Grenefeld family,
the history of Potterton, and accounts of two medieval rectors of Barwick - William Canon (d. 1420)
and Richard Pace (d. 1536)
- Earls Colne, Essex:
The Strife of Two Great Tides:
the Harlakenden Case (Alan Macfarlane, University of Cambridge)
Draft of a talk about a legal dispute in 1587 between Roger Harlakenden, lord of the manor,
and the Ives family; PDF format
- Horncastle
[Lincolnshire] - A Brief History
(Lincolnshire-web.co.uk)
Some notes on the history of Horncastle, mainly pre-conquest. Note that
not all pages are linked from the main page of the site - but they
are available from the drop-down menu entitled "History articles"
- The History of
St. Keverne [Cornwall]
(St Keverne Local History Society)
Unpublished notes by Canon W.A. Diggens, vicar of St Keverne 1896-1913, including
details of the Manors of St Keverne
and their medieval history
- Taxation and other lists:
- Subsidies -
St. Keverne [Cornwall] 1524 and 1543
(St Keverne Local History Society)
- Muster Rolls - St. Keverne [Cornwall] 1569
(St Keverne Local History Society)
Also includes the parish of Manaccan
- Funeral monuments:
Topographical index
to Monumental Brass Society Transactions, Bulletins and Portfolios 1887-2002 (William Lack)
Index to churches mentioned in the publications of the society; the index itself is in PDF format
- Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
The visitations of Cornwall, comprising the heralds' visitations
of 1530, 1573, & 1620. With additions
(Nigel Batty-Smith,
United Kingdom Genealogy)
Page images, from the edition of J. L. Vivian (1873)
- Medieval English families on the Internet:
- Docwra:
Docwra Family Research Project
The Docwra Surname Archive Documents
section includes notes and record transcripts from the 12th century and later;
the site also contains a database of individuals, pedigrees, brief biographies, a bibliography,
and sections on the origins of the name and on heraldry
- Fiske:
Fisk/Fiske Family History (John Fisk)
In addition to modern records, the resources include a list of Fisk wills from Essex (from the late
15th century onwards), an image and translation of a will of 1464, and abstracts of two
15th-century charters
- Links:
- Societies and journals:
Devon and Cornwall Record Society,
list of publications
(new and extra series)
- Heraldry:
Index
to Monumental Heraldry in the Parish Church of St. Peter's, Barnstaple [Devon]
(Jonathan Frayne, GENUKI)
Index to names in an appendix in the Rev. Sloane Sloane-Evans, Memorials of St Peter's
Church Barnstaple (1892)
11 February 2003:
In the main section of Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage,
the following items have been added:
DERBY (County of), HERON and SAY.
In the "proposed" section, the following item has been added:
ESSEX (County of) (date of death of William de Say).
The item on ST JOHN in the proposed section, pointing out a relevant modification
in volume 14, has been removed, as the modification appears to be incorrect
(see DERBY).
New links:
- A brief guide to medieval English genealogy:
- Handwriting and language:
- Early Handwriting 1500-1700 - an online course
(Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service)
Includes a series of graded lessons, with further images and transcripts of documents,
sample alphabets, notes on abbreviations, dating and transcription conventions,
and a bibliography
- Medieval Writing - History, Heritage and Data Source
(Drs John and Dianne Tillotson)
These pages contain a set of interactive exercises (mainly Latin, but with some English documents),
together with background material, a glossary, a bibliography and some useful links
- Court Hand
(Judith Werner, OLD-ENGLISH-L)
Plates originally published in Andrew Wright's Court Hand Restored (1776)
- Medieval source material on the Internet:
- History:
- G.B. Adams,
History of England
From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) (1905) (Case Western Reserve University)
PDF Files
- Arthur D. Innes,
England Under the Tudors (1913)
(Case Western Reserve University)
PDF Files
- Paul Lacroix,
Manners, Customs and Dress
during the Middle Ages and during the
Renaissance Period (1876) (Case Western Reserve University)
PDF Files
- T.F. Tout,
The History of England From the
Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377) (1905) (Case Western Reserve University)
PDF Files
- Modern biography and prosopography:
James Root Hulbert, Chaucer's
Official Life (1912)
(Case Western Reserve University)
Doctoral dissertation from the University of Chicago, as PDF files, including a lot of material
on late-14th-century royal courtiers
- Funeral monuments:
The County Series:
a series of fully illustrated guides
to the monumental brasses of the British Isles
(William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore)
Details of the county volumes published so far in this comprehensive survey,
including name indexes for:
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumberland
and Westmorland
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- Urban and guild records:
York
Bridgemasters' Accounts (York Archaeological Trust)
Translations by Philip M. Stell of the surviving 15th-century accounts of the
Ouse and Foss Bridges (PDF files),
from volume 2 of The Archaeology of York series (Historical Sources
for York Archaeology after AD 1100).
The accounts are not indexed, but there is an alphabetical list of the names that
occur, and the individual files are searchable
- Medieval English families on the Internet:
- Bedford:
Charles de Beaurepaire,
Fondations pieuses du duc de Bedford à Rouen (1873)
(gallica;
Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
Account, in French, relating to John, Duke of Bedford (d. 1435);
page images as PDF files
- Mitford (and Bertram):
The Barony of Mitford: History
(Mark Mitford)
Chart pedigrees of Bertram (11th to 13th centuries) and Mitford (11th century and later)
based on secondary sources, with extracts from these. Some of the details, and particularly
The Norman People, should be treated with caution
- Links:
- 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 newsletter
- The Medieval Genealogical Registry
(Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) now includes an index to the main subjects of all medieval
articles in the Scottish Genealogist, vols 1-28
5 January 2003:
- Medieval source material on the Internet:
- Medieval and early modern texts:
Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries, from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henri IV [1857]
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
- County and local history:
- St Peter's Church Project,
Barton-upon-Humber [Lincolnshire]
Includes a History of the parish,
details of monuments in the church, and a searchable database of parish register entries
- Pishey Thompson,
The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln (1856)
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
- William Creasy Ewing,
Notices of the merchants' marks in the city of Norwich (1850)
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
- Modern biography and prosopography:
- John, Lord Campbell,
The lives of the lord chancellors and keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV (1851)
vol. 1;
vol. 2;
vol. 3;
vol. 4;
vol. 5;
vol. 6;
vol. 7
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
- The House of York
(Richard III Foundation)
Biographical notes on more than 50 members and supporters of the House of York.
On the same site are (unsourced) lists of participants, both Yorkist and Lancastrian, in
16 battles of the Wars of the Roses
- Land taxes and feudal surveys:
The survey of the county of York taken by John de Kirkby, commonly called Kirkby's inquest;
also inquisitions of knights' fees, the Nomina villarum for Yorkshire,
and an appendix of illustrative documents
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion);
from the edition of R. H. Skaife (Surtees Society, vol. 49, 1867)
- Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
-
Visitation of Cheshire 1580 (Derek Whitmore/South Cheshire Family History Society)
Images from the edition of J. P. Rylands (Harleian Society, vol.18, 1882)
- Visitation of Cheshire 1613
(Derek Whitmore/South Cheshire Family History Society)
Zipped file in Microsoft Word format, from the edition of Sir G.J. Armytage and J.P. Rylands
(Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society vol.58, 1909)
-
The visitation of the county of Yorke, begun in A. D. MDCLXV, and finished A. D.
MDCLXVI by William Dugdale
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion);
from the edition of Robert Davies (Surtees Society, vol. 36, 1859)
- Medieval English families on the Internet:
- Fettiplace/Talbot:
Beatrice Fettiplace (ancestress of Gov. Thomas Dudley): a summary (Nathaniel L. Taylor; PDF file)
Discussion of the ancestry of Beatrice, wife of Gilbert, Lord Talbot (d. 1418) and Thomas Fettiplace
- Gresley/Holand/Swinnerton
The Alleged Gresley-Swinnerton Marriage: A Closer Examination (Nathaniel L. Taylor)
Discussion of the identity of Alice, wife of Sir John Gresley of Drakelowe, Derbyshire, and of the wife of Sir Thomas Swinnerton (d. 1361)
- Waller: Jocelyn/Waller Ancestry
(Andrew Jocelyn Waller and Hardress Jocelyn Waller)
Includes an account of the family of Warren alias Waller, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, 16th century
- Worth (and others):
The Washfield Saga: Land Tenure & Family History in Devon, 1275-1800 (Harvard Law School Library)
Abstracts of a sequence of charters associated with the manor of Washfield, providing evidence
about the Worths and other families. Nat Taylor has made available an accompanying
chart pedigree
- Links:
- Heraldry:
Charles Boutell,
English heraldry (1867)
(Making of America, University of Michigan)
Choice of images, PDF files or text,
with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
For older additions, see: