Curia Regis Rolls
(1210-1212)
The Curia Regis, king's court, of mediaeval England took cases from throughout the country, and its records are among the most important surviving from this early period.PIT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Somerset Assizes
(1272-1279)
The records of the assizes held by the royal justices in eyre (itinerant) in Somerset during this period were edited by Lionel Landon and published by the Somerset Record Society in 1926. The justices not only tried all civil actions outstanding on their advent, pleas of the crown and common pleas, but also interrogated the juries of each hundred and borough as to the Articles of the Eyre, inquiring into the king's proprietary rights, escheats, wardships, and questions of maladministration. Appendix I adds some scattered Somerset items from rolls for 1204, 1218 and 1240.PIT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Essex Poll Tax: Alphamstone and Bures
(1381)
Charles Oman transcribed and edited the poll tax returns for Hinckford (Public Record Office Lay Subsidy Essex 107/68) for his study of the peasants' rising of 1381. Full lists of adults are given, township by township, grouped by status or occupation. There are returns for Alhamston & Buris (Alphamstone and Bures), Bewchamp Oton (Belchamp Otten), Bumstede ad T'rim (Steeple Bumpstead), Felstede (Felstead), Fynchyngfelde (Finchingfield), Gelham Parva (Little Yeldham), Gosfeld (Gosfield), Hythingham Sibill (Sible Hedingham), Ovyton (Ovington), Pentelowe (Pentlow), Salyng Magna (Great Saling), Stebbyng (Stebbing), and Sturmer.PIT. Cost: £6.00. | 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.PIT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1712)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1712. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.PIT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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The Civil List: Expenditure on the King's Household
(1715-1716)
Abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the Cofferer of the Household, 1 October 1715 to 30 September 1716: E 251/1875; the Treasurer of the Chamber, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716: AO 1/410/152; Works, 31 December 1715 to 31 December 1716: AO 1/2448/150; Wardrobe, Michaelmas 1715 to Michaelmas 1716: AO 1/2369/147.PIT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury and Customs Records
(1718)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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 Apprentices and articled clerks
(1766)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 15 July 1766.PIT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the News
(1768)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual RegisterPIT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1770)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1770.PIT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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