Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) preserved in the Public Record Office VIII (1422-1485)

Over 500 documents concern the truly miscellaneous range of public complaints and disorders into which the king's government enquired: treason, murder, robbery and piracy, matters of inheritance and landholding, the decay of towns, buildings, roads and waterways, ecclesiastical negligence, even distinguishing levels of insanity.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15926-3

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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Anne, preserved in the Public Record Office

This volume of the Calendar of State Papers Domestic for the reign of Queen Anne covers the period from May 1704 to October 1705. It includes not only the main series of state papers domestic but also the related series of state papers Ireland, Scotland, military and naval; entry books and Signet Office letter books and docket books.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83145-7

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Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III [1216-1248]. I: 1216-1224

The Fine Rolls were the earliest rolls kept by the English royal chancery. Recording offers of money to the king for all manner of concessions and favours, they are central to the study of political, governmental, legal, social and economic history.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83337-6

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Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland

Details of the great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland extracted from two returns made by Government rate collectors. The 533 page publication is an essential resource, containing a vast amount of personal and financial detail on owners of land of 3,000 acres worth more that 3,000 a year.     ISBN 1-84630-108-4

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Return of Owners of Land - 1873 England

The 1873 national survey of all land owners covered all counties in England and Wales (central London was not included). All those owning 1 acre or more were listed in this government publication, with address/location, amount of land and its value. An invaluable source of information for historians and genealogists. See county page for county volumes. This product is the combined edition covering all English counties (including Monmouthshire).    

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The Register of John de Halton, A.D.1292-1324, I

  paperback   ISBN 978-0-907-23903-1

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The Speculum of Archbishop Thomas Secker

The Speculum compiled by Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-68) is a major source for our understanding of the position of the Church of England in the mid-eighteenth century. A parish by parish digest of the returns submitted to the archbishop between 1758 and 1761, in the main for the diocese of Canterbury but including several others. It contains very full information on such matters as the size and social structure of the parishes; the names and qualifications of the clergy; their wealth; and their relations with Roman Catholics and protestant dissenters. Part of the significance of the Speculumis its witness of the pastoral pressure applied by Secker, allowing the historian to assess how far an energetic archbishop was ableto improve the standards of pastoral provision in the parishes under his care. This edition has attempted to preserve the spelling and capitalisation of the original,and editorial notes give biographical information on the large number of persons mentioned in the text, as well as identifying other textual allusions.
JEREMY GREGORY is Lecturer in History at the University of Northumbria.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15569-2

Price:  £40.00