Ducatus Lancastrle Pars Quarta - Calendar to the Pleadings 1834
from the fourteenth year to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Vol III.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1834.

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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