Printed as Vol. XXXIII for the Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire.
Contains -
A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the Diocese of Chester - 1541-2, with a list of the tenths and subsidies payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester -1538
A detailed Survey of the Estate of Richard Chorley of Chorley Esq -1652
A large index of wills, inventories and administration bonds preserved at the Diocesan Registry, Chester - 1487-1620

Hundreds of names listed.
Very useful for family historians.

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Founded in the 13th century, the Duchy of Lancaster is a vast collection of land and property across England and Wales, held in trust for the Queen in her role as Duke of Lancaster.
This book, covering the period c.1572-1603, forms a listing of court cases involving land, rent, tithes etc. in many counties, including - Lancashire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Carmarthernshire, Essex, Nottinghamshire, Berkshire, Norfolk etc.
Many hundreds of names of people are included, from all social classes.
Complete with extensive name and place indexes.
644 pages of fascinating historical detail.
An outstanding Tudor resource for local and family historians.

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Lancashire & Cheshire Wills and Inventories

This CD contains three volumes of transcripts of wills and inventories proved from the late-15th up to the early 19th centuries.
Volume I - Wills & Inventories 1477 – 1746 preserved at Chester, with an appendix of Abstracts of Wills now lost or destroyed. Published in 1884.
Volume II - Wills & Inventories 1572 - 1696 preserved at Chester, with an appendix of Lancashire & Cheshire Wills & Inventories proved at York 1542-1649. Published in 1893.
Volume III - Wills & Inventories 1563 -1807 preserved at Chester. Published in1897.

Each volume includes an index of names.

Over 700 pages of information. Very useful resource for family historians with Lancashire and Cheshire ancestors.

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Transcripts in Latin of the Recusant Roll for 1592-3, for England and Wales, listed by county.
Hundreds of names of Roman Catholic men and women are included.
Complete with a useful index of names and places, in English.
A fascinating aspect of Tudor religious history. An essential reference guide for family historians with Catholic ancestors.

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Paupers in Workhouses
Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 30 July 1861.

Returns "from each workhouse in England & Wales, of the name of every adult pauper in each workhouse who has been an inmate of the workhouse during a continuous period of five years; stating the amount of time that each of such inmates shall have been in the workhouse, and the reason assigned why such persons are unable to maintain themselves:"
This cd contains the full return arranged by county and workhouse plus the summary

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Transcripts of the parish registers of Holy Trinity, Chester.
Contains baptisms, marriages and burials 1598 - 1837. Also contains some earlier burial records (laystalls) back to 1532.

Complete with indexes of names, places, etc.

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Transcripts of Marriage Bonds for Lancashire north of the River Ribble; also the western half of the North Riding of Yorkshire, and the southern parts of Westmorland and Cumberland.

The transcripts give - date, names and parish of residence of bride and groom, names of bondsmen and witnesses.

Complete with indexes of names and places.

Very useful for family history research.

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Gawsworth, Church and Parish.
By The Rev. H. E. Polehampton.
Rector of the parish.
Published in 1924

An illustrated history of the church and parish of Gawsworth in Cheshire.
Includes lists of the Rectors and Churchwardens and extracts from the Parish Registers.

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This book contains an interesting history of Burton in Wirral, together with lists of memorials in the church and churchyard, transcripts of the parish registers 16th-18th century, subsidy roll 1545, hearth tax return 1663, etc. Also includes seven photographic plates and drawings of coats of arms.

Useful for local history and family history.

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Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates ;
A.D. 1600 TO 1678.
Edited by John Paul Rylands.
Published in 1882.

It was ordered that details were to be taken by executors and mourners present at funerals detailing-
The day of death, place of burial, whether they be married or single, what issue they had and to whom they were married.
The certificates also contain a description of the Coat of Arms of the deceased.

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