Tenants of the Bishopric of Durham
(1345) Bishop Hatfield's Survey, a record of the possessions of the see of Durham, made by order of Thomas de Hatfield, bishop of Durham 1345 to 1381, was edited by the Rev. William Greenwell for the Surtees Society and printed in 1856. As appendixes, he also transcribed a bailiff's roll of the manor of Auckland from the 5th year of bishop Richard de Bury, Hatfield's immediate predecessor; several bailiffs' rolls of the 5th year of Hatfield's pontificate; and a general receiver's roll of bishop John de Fordham, Hatfield's immediate successor.STOROUR. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Grantees of offices, commissions and pardons
(1350-1354) The Patent Rolls are the Chancery enrolments of royal letters patent. Those for the 24th to the 27th years of the reign of king Edward III (25 January 1350 to 24 January 1354) were edited for the Public Record Office by R. F. Isaacson, and published in 1907. The main contents are royal commissions and grants; ratifications of ecclesiastical estates; writs of aid to royal servants and purveyors; and pardons. STOROUR. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Barkstone Ash wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Selby, Sherburn-in-Elmet and Tadcaster.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Claro wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Aldborough, Boroughbridge, Knaresborough and Wetherby.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Osgoldcross wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Pontefract.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Staincross wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Penistone and Barnsley.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: Strafforth wapentake
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around Rotherham and Sheffield.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Yorkshire: The Ainsty
(1379) The poll tax returns for this wapentake, the area around the city of York.STOROUR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Grantees of offices, commissions and pardons
(1413-1416) The Patent Rolls are the Chancery enrolments of royal letters patent. Those for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the reign of king Henry V (21 March 1413 to 20 March 1416) were edited for the Public Record Office by R. C. Fowler, and published in 1910. The main contents are royal commissions and grants; ratifications of ecclesiastical estates; writs of aid to royal servants and purveyors; and pardons. The commissions of the peace issued for the English towns and counties and entered on the rolls, being largely repetitive, have been consolidated in a single appendix.STOROUR. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Close Rolls
(1447-1454) The close rolls of the 26th to 32nd years of the reign of king Henry VI record the main artery of government administration in England, the orders sent out day by day to individual officers, especially sheriffs of shires: they are an exceptionally rich source for so early a period. There is also some material relating to Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the English possessions in France. STOROUR. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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