What's new on this site: January-March 2008
For more details, with links, of the latest batch of updates, see the
update page.
17 February 2008:
New material
In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Hertfordshire (1358-1422) (575 fines) have been added.
On Professor Robert Palmer's Anglo-American Legal Tradition website,
images of feet of fines for Lincolnshire (1218-1307) (2790 fines) have been added. I have included links to these images in the Feet of Fines section of this website.
New links
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Medieval source material on the Internet:
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Medieval and early modern texts: by author, H-N:
- Historia Brittonum (Elfinspell)
Latin text and English translation from the edition of William Gunn (1819).
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Public records: Feet of fines:
- Walter Rye, ed., Pedes Finium: or Fines, relating to the county of Cambridge, levied in the King's Court from the seventh year of Richard I to the end of the reign of Richard III. (1891) (Google Book Search)
Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
- Edw. Alex. Fry and George S. Fry, eds, Full abstracts of the Feet of Fines relating to the County of Dorset, remaining in the Public Record Office, London, (1896) (Google Book Search)
Dorset Records 5; covers 1195-1327.
- Feet of Fines for Essex. Volume 2. (A.D. 1272-A.D. 1326). (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Essex Archaeological Society, 1913-1928.
- [Robert Copp Fowler and Sidney Charles Ratcliff] Feet of Fines for Essex. Volume 3. (A.D. 1327-A.D. 1422). (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Essex Archaeological Society, 1929-1949.
- R. E. G. Kirk, ed., Feet of Fines for Essex. Volume 1. (A.D. 1182-A.D. 1272). (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Essex Archaeological Society, 1899-1910.
- Joseph Hunter, ed., Fines sive Pedes Finium: sive Finales Concordiae in curia domini regis: ab anno septimo regni Regis Ricardi I ad annum decimum sextum Regis Johannis, A.D. 1195-A.D. 1214. (1844) (Google Book Search)
Volume 2. Latin transcripts of feet of fines for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon and Dorset only.
- William Farrer, ed., Final Concords of the County of Lancaster from the original chirographs, or feet of fines preserved in the Public Record Office London. Part 2. Edward II and Edward III. A.D. 1307 to A.D. 1377. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 46 (1903).
- William Farrer, ed., Final Concords of the County of Lancaster from the original ... feet of fines preserved amongst the Palatinate of Lancaster records ... Part 3. John, Duke of Lancaster, to Henry VII. A.D. 1377-1509. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 50 (1905).
- Frank B. Lewis, ed., Pedes Finium; or, Fines relating to the County of Surrey, levied in the King's Court, from the seventh year of Richard I to the end of the reign of Henry VII. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Surrey Archaeological Society, extra volume 1 (1894).
- L. F. Salzmann, compiler, An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 2 Richard I to 33 Henry III. (British History Online)
Sussex Record Society, volume 2 (1903). Latin abstracts.
- L. F. Salzmann, compiler, An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 2 Richard I to 33 Henry III. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Sussex Record Society, volume 2 (1903). Latin abstracts.
- L. F. Salzmann, compiler, An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 34 Henry III to 35 Edward I. (British History Online)
Sussex Record Society, volume 7 (1908). Latin abstracts.
- L. F. Salzmann, compiler, An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 34 Henry III to 35 Edward I. (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Sussex Record Society, volume 7 (1908). Latin abstracts.
- L. F. Salzmann, compiler, An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 1 Edward II to 24 Henry VII. (British History Online)
Sussex Record Society, volume 23 (1916).
- Edwin H. W. Dunkin, ed., Sussex Manors, Advowsons, etc., recorded in the Feet of Fines. Henry VIII to William IV (1509-1833). (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Sussex Record Society, volume 19 (1914).
- Edwin H. W. Dunkin, ed., Sussex Manors, Advowsons, etc., recorded in the Feet of Fines. Henry VIII to William IV (1509-1833). (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
Sussex Record Society, volume 20 (1915).
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Public records: Chancery rolls:
- Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward I. Vol 5. A.D. 1302-1307 (1908) (Google Book Search)
English abstracts.
- Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward II. A.D. 1313-1318 (1893) (Google Book Search)
English abstracts.
- Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward III. Vol 6. A.D. 1341-1343 (1902) (Google Book Search)
English abstracts.
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Charters:
- A descriptive catalogue of ancient deeds in the Public Record Office. Volume 1 (1890) (Google Book Search)
- A descriptive catalogue of ancient deeds in the Public Record Office. Volume 4 (1902) (Google Book Search)
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Probate records:
- Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta, volume 1 (1826) (Google Book Search)
- Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta, volume 2 (1826) (Google Book Search)
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Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms:
- Walter C. Metcalfe, ed. The Visitations of Suffolk, made ... 1561, ... 1577, and ... 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk pedigrees (1882) (Google Book Search)
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Medieval English families on the Internet:
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- Plantagenet Dynasty: Genealogy and History (Kevin Bradford)
A collection of historical and genealogical resources relating to the Plantagenet dynasty; in progress.
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Victoria County History:
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British History Online:
- Cambridgeshire, volume 3 (1959)
- Cambridgeshire, volume 5 (1973)
- Cambridgeshire, volume 6 (1978)
- Cambridgeshire, volume 8 (1982)
- Lancashire, volume 6 (1911)
- Leicestershire, volume 4 (1958)
- Somerset, volume 3 (1974)
- Wiltshire, volume 9 (1970)
- Wiltshire, volume 12 (1983)
- Yorkshire, East Riding, volume 1 (1969)
For older additions, see: