Grantees of offices, commissions and pardons
(1272-1281)
The Patent Rolls are the Chancery enrolments of royal letters patent. Those for the 1st to the 9th years of the reign of king Edward I (29 November 1272 to 17 November 1281) were edited for the Public Record Office by J. G. Black, and published in 1901. The main contents are royal commissions and grants; ratifications of ecclesiastical estates; writs of aid to royal servants and purveyors; and pardons. WAYNMAN. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire
(1297)
Taxation roll of the lay (non-clergy) inhabitants of Yorkshire from the 25th year of the reign of king Edward I. LatinWAYNMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Staincliff wapentake
(1379)
The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Keighley, Settle and Skipton.WAYNMAN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Freemen of London
(1540-1550)
The long series of mediaeval registers and books of admission of the freemen of London was destroyed by fire in 1786. Thirty surviving charred leaves were gathered together and rebound, becoming Egerton MS 2408 in the British Museum. The order is jumbled and generally speaking none can be dated with certainty, although all belong to the very end of the reign of Henry VIII and the start of the reign of his son, Edward VI. These are pages from the admission books. Each entry here usually gives the name of the person admitted to the freedom; his father's name, address and occupation; his entitlement to the freedom, usually by having served out an apprenticeship to a citizen, naming the master and his trade. Then there may follow a cross-reference to M. or N., being two volumes of another set of official books denoted by the letters of the alphabet, and following each other in chronological sequence, which evidently gave details of entries into apprenticeships. These other books no longer exist: but the dates given for entry do identify the start of the apprenticeship, and so give by implication a date for the eventual admission to freedom. In the margin is the name of the city ward and the total of the fee and fine paid on admission.WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1552-1554)
The Privy Council of Edward VI and queen Mary was responsible for internal security in England and Wales, and dealt with all manner of special and urgent matters
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Citizens of Oxford
(1509-1583)
These selections from the Oxford city records were printed in 1880 under the direction of the Town Clerk. Much of the material comes from the council minutes: 24 common councillors were elected out of the citizens at large each 30 September. Apart from the general administration of the city, a large number of cases involve people brought before the Council for using improper language, or other misbehaviour. There is an almost unbroken series of hanasters, or admissions to freedom of the city, listing the names of those who by purchase, birth or apprenticeship were admitted to the guild merchant.WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Ambassadors, ministers, soldiers and spies
(1589)
The State Papers Foreign of queen Elizabeth consist mainly of letters and reports concerning England's relations with continental Europe, particularly the Netherlands and France. January to July 1589. WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1590-1594)
Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1594-1595)
Letters and papers of sir Robert Cecil and the Earl of Essex.WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Secretary of State's Papers
(1596)
The letters and papers of sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, deal with all manner of government business in England, Ireland and abroad.WAYNMAN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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