Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837 by Oates, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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FRONT COVER FAMILY HISTORY FROM PEN & SWORD TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE STATE AND CHURCH, 1066–1837

Medieval England, 1066–1485 Tudor and Stuart England, 1485–1714 Hanoverian England, 1714-1837

2. THE CHURCH, PART 1: ARCHIEPISCOPAL AND EPISCOPAL RECORDS

Ecclesiastical Courts Wills Bishops’ Registers Licences Visitations Records of Religious Houses

3. THE CHURCH, PART 2: THE PARISH

Parish Registers The Civil Parish Miscellaneous Parish Records Nonconformists and Catholics

4. THE PROFESSIONALS

University Records Schools The Inns of Chancery and of Court The Apprenticeship System The Church, Law and Medicine Business Records The City Livery Companies Politicians Civil Servants The Army The Royal Navy The Royal Household East India Company 47 The Police

5. THE COURTS, PART 1: CRIMINAL

Assizes The Court Leet Quarter Sessions Punishments Prisons Appeals for Mercy and Pardons Treason Other Sources

6. THE COURTS, PART 2: CIVIL

Chancery Exchequer Equity Court Proceedings The Court of Star Chamber The Court of Requests The Court of Augmentations The Court of Wards The Palatinate Courts The Duchy of Lancaster Court High Court of the Admiralty High Court of Delegates Debtors Petitions Plea Rolls

7. PUBLISHED SOURCES AND LISTS

Newspapers Directories Poll Books Pamphlets Gentry and Nobility Famous People

8. MANORIAL RECORDS

Manor Courts Rentals and Extents

9. PROPERTY RECORDS

Deeds Surveys Valuations Enclosure Records Forfeited Estates Commission Royalist Composition Papers Estate Papers Auctions and Sales Catalogues Insurance Maps Other Records

10. TAXATION

Poll Tax Subsidies Rates Hearth Tax Tithes The Ship Tax The Free and Voluntary Present Window Tax Game Duty The Land Tax Miscellaneous Taxes and Duties Death Duties

11. LISTS OF PEOPLE

Early Census Records Militia and Volunteer Forces Lists of Loyalty Other Lists Friendly Societies and Masonic Lodges Freemen’s Rolls

12. MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES

Immigration Naturalization Emigration and Foreign Travel Charities Coroners Patent Rolls Hospitals Seals Tontines and Annuities Existing Pedigrees Heraldry General Points

13. PLACES TO VISIT

The National Archives The British Library Newspaper Library The British Library The Guildhall Library The Society of Genealogists’ Library The Borthwick Institute County Record Offices Borough Record Offices University Libraries Local History Libraries Libraries Cathedral Archives Specialist Repositories Museums Principal Websites

CONCLUSION

Appendix 1. Reading Old Handwriting Appendix 2. Calendars

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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