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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Dulwich College Register
Compiled by Thomas Lane Ormiston

This Register of Dulwich College in London, covers the years 1619-1926. It gives excellent biographical details about the scholars, including their date of birth, the name of their father (or guardian) and the dates of entrance and leaving. In addition it contains lists of school staff and sporting teams, as well as historical notes about the school.

Over 700 pages of information.

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Notable Middle Templars
by John Hutchinson published 1902

The Middle Temple is one of the Inns of Court in London.

This alphabetically listed catalogue of notable Middle Templars covers the period 1501-1901, with very interesting biograpical notes. The book includes not only those of distinction in Law - Judges, Advocates, Jurists etc., but also those who after admission to the Inn abandoned the Law for other pursuits - Philosophers, Moralists, Orators, Historians, Poets, Musicians, Journalists etc. It also features many from the British North American Colonies who took a leading role in framing the Federal and State Constitutions.

Almost 1,000 names are featured.

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The Parish Registers of St Nicholas Acons, 1539-1812
Transcribed by William Brigg, B.A. Published in 1890.

Transcriptions of the registers of Baptism, Marriage and Burial for the parish of St. Nicholas Acons, London.
Baptisms - 1539-1812
Marriages - 1539-1665
Burials - 1540-1812
Including a name index.

This register includes some marriages from the Commonwealth period of the 1650s conducted by the Justice of the Peace. Note should also be made of the many Dutch names that appear in the register.

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Register of the Freemen of the City of London
In the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Translated and edited by Charles Welch, F.S.A. Published in 1908.

This volume represents all the known records from the Register of Freemen of the City of London that survived a fire in 1786. The entries give very interesting biographical details of each freeman. Hundreds of names are listed – some men have London origins and others are from families in other counties of England.

Complete with an index of surnames.

A fascinating resource for genealogists, and also for any historian interested in the citizens and trade of Tudor London.

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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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Boyle's Fashionable Court & Country Guide
& Town Visiting Directory
Corrected for May 1924
(264th Edition)

Containing -
Street and Alphabetical Directories of Names and Places of abode of the Nobility and Gentry in London and Country
Map of the West End of London
Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons
Government Offices
Royal Households
Ambassadors and Consuls
Bishops and Archbishops
Banks and Insurance Companies
Clubs and Societies
etc.
Over 1000 pages of information.
Many hundreds of names are included.
Very useful reference guide for genealogy.

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London in the Olden Time, being a Topographical and Historical Memoir of London, Westminster, and Southwark, Accompanying a Pictorial Map of the City and its Suburbs, as they existed in the reign of Henry VIII., before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Compiled from Ancient documents and other authentic sources.
By William Newton.
Published in 1855

This is a truly fascinating map & book, providing the reader with a detailed and intimate peep into London near the end of the reign of the infamous Henry VIII, just before his dissolution of the monasteries.
Or, to be more precise, this is the view offered by the wonderfully detailed and supposedly accurate, 52 in. by 40 in. pictorial map, one of the two parts of this book.

The other part of the book is called, by the author William Newton, an "Accompanying Memoir" and it provides amazing detail of the origins, purpose and fates of hundreds of the buildings and locations which are illustrated on the map.
This map is more than just the overhead plan of the city's streets, which is what this term normally implies, and the clue to why is in the word "pictorial." As well as providing a "to scale" layout of the streets, William has drawn in the profiles of the buildings - in the locations where they stand. This means you not only get to understand the city's layout, but you can get a first hand impression of what it would have been like to walk the streets.

It really doesn't matter if you are a long time resident of London, or if you are a complete stranger, when you start to read the stories in this book, and see the places where it happened on the map, you are going to find yourself reliving the history of this colorful and great old city.

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A Series of the Decisions of the Court of the King's Bench
Published in 1768

A Series of the Decisions of the Court of the Kings Bench upon Settlement Cases ; From the Death of Lord Raymond in March 1732 : To which is added a complete abridgement of the substance of each case, and two tables of the names of them.
Covers settlement cases (from many areas of England) for the period 1732 to 1776.

These settlement cases, part of the old poor law system, arose to determine paupers, apprentices and others right, or otherwise,to settle in a parish.

The wealth of details make this CD useful for family history, local history and legal history.

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The Aldermen of the City of London
Temp. Henry III - 1912

With Notes on the Parliamentary representation of the City, The Aldermen and the Livery Companies,
The Aldermanic Veto,
Aldermanic Baronets and Knights, etc.
By the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, M.A., F.R.Hist.Soc.
Volumes I & II. Published in 1908 & 1913.
Includes a comprehensive list of the Aldermen of the
City of London from 1276-1912.
Over 800 pages of information. Complete with an index.
Useful for family history research.

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Transcribed by J. Harvey Bloom, M.A.

Transcripts of the parish registers
Contains -
Marriages 1658 - 1681

The chapel was used in this period for clandestine marriages and contains some very interesting entries.

Complete with an index of names.

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Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. Published in 1912.

Transcripts of the parish registers.

Contains -

St. Mildred, Bread Street -
Baptisms 1658-1837
Marriages 1670-1837
Burials 1670-1853

St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street-
Baptisms 1559-1836
Marriages 1558-1839 (missing 1667-1812)
Burials 1558-1850

Each register has indexes of names and places.

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The Registers of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate
(1558-1753)
Transcribed by A.W. Cornelius Hallen, M.A.
Published between 1887 and 1890

Transcripts of the registers of St Botolph, Bishopgate contains Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Complete with index.

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