Draft index of names in feet of fines, 1509-1547

This is a draft index of place-names and personal names in feet of fines of the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547), for selected counties for which the feet of fines have not been published. It has been made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from Rosie Bevan. So far the coverage of the index is as follows (with strays from Cumberland and Durham):

The search results give the reference number of each fine (based on the present sequence of the feet of fines within the files), an indication of its date, and lists of personal and place-names. Ambiguities in dates during the reign of Henry VIII have been resolved where possible by using the repertories of notes of fines (IND 1/17217-17219) and endorsements on the feet of fines.

Unfortunately the feet of fines after 1509 are not included in the Anglo-American Legal Tradition licence, so that photographs of the documents are not available online. However, abstracts of the documents can be provided for a small fee; please contact me for further details.

Forenames have been translated to English where equivalents exist. But note that the English forms used are different in some cases from those used in the main index of abstracts of feet of fines. In this index Latin-based forms have been used more often, in order to differentiate between men and women.

Surnames and place-names have been transcribed as they appear in the documents, but with abbreviations extended, except for some abbreviated non-Latin place-names where the modern form has been added. Otherwise there has been no attempt to standardise surnames or to identify modern place-names. So it will be essential to use wildcards and/or soundex to allow for spelling variations. Please note also that where 'v' has been written in a form indistinguishable from 'u' (as is usually the case in the medieval period), it has been transcribed as 'u'.