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Sources for The Middle Ages

Various works written during the Middle-Ages, or works written about the Middle-Ages. Some are written in Latin. A more complete list, without links, can be found at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. For information on reading old source material see: Palaeography

Updates based on current research: Google Group: soc.genealogy.medieval

The date given below is the publication date or the earliest date described in the book.

Antiquity

• 42: Montor, Artaud. The Lives and Times of the Popes (The Catholic Publication Society of America, New York, 1911)
• 0-1325: Luard, Henry. Flores Historiarum (London, 1890)
• 430-975: Birch, Walter de Gray. Cartularium Saxonicum (Whiting & Co., London, 1885-1893)
• Davenport, John. Oxfordshire Annals (E.W. Morris, jun., Oxfordshire, England, 1869)
• -730: Bede. Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Sumptibus Societatis, London, 1838)
• 446-1265: Forester, Thomas. The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester (H.G. Bohn, London, 1854)
• 450-1087: An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography (450-1087) - external link
• -1118: Thorpe, Benjamin. Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis (London, 1848)
• Speed, John. The Genealogies Recorded in Sacred Scriptures (England, 1631)

700 - 1000 A.D.

• Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1840)
• Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1770-)
• Historiae Normannorum Scriptores, by Andreas Duchesnius (1619)
• 732-1201: Riley, Henry. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden (H.G. Bohn, London, 1853)
• 790-900: Simson, B. Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini (Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani in Hannoverae, 1909)
• 830: The Annals of St. Bertin Years 830-882
• 890: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
• 918: Round, John Horace. Calendar of Documents Preserved in France (H.M. Stationery Office, 1899)
• 919: Flodoard, of Reims. Flodoardi Chronicon (Reims : Regnier, 1855)
• 930: Farrer, William. & Clay, Charles Travis. Early Yorkshire Charters (Yorkshire Archaeological Society Pub. 1914-1965)
• 936: Recueil des actes de Louis IV, roi de France (Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1914)
• 996-1350: Waters, Robert Edmond Chester. Genealogical Memoirs of the Counts of Eu in Normandy (Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., Whitefriars, E.C., 1886)
• 998: Richer of Saint-Rémi. Histories (998 CE)
• Literature written in the 10th century
• Le Brument, A. Chronique de Robert de Torigni (A. Le Brument, Rouen, 1872-1873)

1000 - 1300 A.D.

• Publications of the Pipe Roll Society (The Pipe Roll Society, London, 18--)
• 1036: Cartulaire de l'abbaye Saint-Michel du Treport (Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1880)
• 0-1066: Birch, Walter de Gray. Fasti Monastici Aevi Saxonici (Trubner & Co., London, 1873)
• 1066-1154: Davis, Henry. Regesta Regum Anglo Normannorum, 1066–1154 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1913-1969)
• 1077: Duckett, G. F. Record-Evidences, Among Archives of Ancient Abbey of Cluni, from 1077 to 1534 (1886 by Printed for the author [by H. Wolff] in [Lewes])
• 1086: The Domesday Book William I of England (William the Conqueror) in 1086.
• 1086: Jones, W. H. Rich. Domesday for Wiltshire (R.E. Peach, Bath, 1865)
• 1086: Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke. Wiltshire, Extracted From Domesday Book (E. Easton, Salisbury, 1788)
• 1086-1868: Davenport, John. Lords Lieutenant and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire. 1086-1868 (Oxford, England, 1868)
• 1093-1314: People of Medieval Scotland, external link.
• 1100-1216: The Pipe-Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Revenues of the Crown for the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham, during the Reigns of Henry I., Richard I. and John. (Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, 1847)
• 1119: d'Albon, André. General Cartulary of the Templars (Paris, 1913)
• -1114: Round, John. Geoffrey de Mandeville, A Study of the Anarchy (Longmans, Green & Co., London and New York, 1892)
• 1154-1189: Eyton, Robert. Court, Household, and Itinerary of Henry II (Taylor and Co., Holborn, London, 1878)
• 1155: Records of the Borough of Nottingham (London, 1882-)
• 1160–1277: Lloyd, Jacob. The History of Powys Fadog (T. Richards, London, 1881)
• 1176: Anglo-American Legal Tradition (University of Houston)
• 1189-1327: Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmon Asteriensi Asservatorum Abbreviatio (G. Eyre and A. Strahan, London, 1811)
• 1196: Gilbert of Mons. Chronicles of Hainaut (1196)
• 1198: Testa de Nevill, sive liber feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Henry III et Edward I, ca.1302
• 1199-1216: Hardy, Thoma Duffus. Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi (Printed by Command of His Majesty King William IV, Under the direction of The Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, 1837)
• 1207-1268: de Bracton, Henry. Bracton's Note Book (C.J. Clay & Sons, London, 1887)
• 1216-1461: Devon, Frederick. Issues of the Exchequer: King Henry III to King Henry VI (J. Murray, London, 1837)
• 1221-1288: Coulton, George Gordon. From St. Francis to Dante (David Nutt, London, 1907)
• 1255-1294: Rotuli Hundredorum (G.Eyre & A.Strahan, London 1812-1818)
• 1200-1500: Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees From The Plea Rolls (Public Record Office, Great Britain, c.1905)
• 1216: Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio (G. Eyre and A. Strahan, 1805)
• 1225-1650: Registers Produced by the Archbishops of York, 1225-1650.
• 1226-1272: Calendar of the Liberate Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1916-1964)
• 1236: Kirby, John Lavan. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem (H.M. Stationery Office, 1909 )
• 1226-1516: Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1903-1927)
• 1225-1582: Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M. Stationery Office, 1891-1906)
• 1231-1461: Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1893-1934)
• 1244-1326: Calendar of Chancery Warrants Preserved in the Public Record Office (His Majesty's Stationery office, London, 1927)
• 1258-1688: Reginald Robinson. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688 (John C. Francis, Took's Court, E.C., 1890)
• 1272-1461: Calendar of the Fine Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1911)
• 1272-: Year Books of Edward I, II, II, ... (1866-)
• 1272: Rotuli Parliamentorum (London, 1767)
• 1276-: Beaven, Alfred. The Aldermen of the City of London, Temp. Henry III (Eden Fisher & Co., ltd., London, 1908-1913)
• 1277-1326: Calendar of Various Chancery Rolls, 1277-1326 (H.M.S.O., London, 1912)
• 1280–1547: Gibbons, Alfred. Early Lincoln Wills, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280–1547 (James Williamson, Lincoln, 1888)
• Liber Niger Scaccarii (W. & J. Richardson, London, 1771-1774)

1300 - 1500 A.D.

• 1225-1582: Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M. Stationery Office, 1891-1906)
• 1226-1516: Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1903-1927)
• 1231-1461: Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1893-1934)
• 1258-1688: Reginald Robinson. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688 (John C. Francis, Took's Court, E.C., 1890)
• 1272-1461: Calendar of the Fine Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1911)
• 1308-1314: Nicolas, Nicholas Harris. A Roll of Arms of Peers and Knights in the Reign of Edward the Second (William Pickering, London, 1828)
• 1317-1468: The Gascon Rolls, 1317-1468 external link
• 1327: Barnes, Joshua. The History Of That Most Victorious Monarch Edward III (J. Hayes, 1688)
• 1348-: The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (John Barber, London, 1724)
• 1348-1485: Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485 (A. Constable and Co., ltd., Westminster, 1901)
• 1377-1421: Thompson, Edwarde Maunde. Chronicon Adæ de Usk (London, 1904)
• 1389-1439: Dillon, Harold. Pageant of the Birth, Life and Death of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, K. G., 1389-1439 (Longmans Green and Co., London, 1914)

1500 - 1700 A.D.

• 1258-1688: Reginald Robinson. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688 (John C. Francis, Took's Court, E.C., 1890)
• 1500: Hancock, Frederick. Dunster Church and Priory (Barnicott & Pearce, 1905)
• 1588: Chappelet, Claude. Annalium et Historiae Francorum (Claude Chappelet, rue Saint Jacques, Paris, 1588)
• 1588: Ferrandus, Fulgentius. Fulgentii Ferrandi Carthaginensis ecclesiae diaconi Breuiatio canonum (Claude Chappelet, rue Saint Jacques, Paris, 1588)
• 1609: Holden, Frederic A. & Lockwood, E. Dunbar. Petri Pithoei Opera, sacra, iuridica, historica, miscellanea (Sebastianum Cramoisy, under the swans, Paris, 1609)
• 1625: Purchas, Samuel Hakluytus Posthumus (1625)
• 1630: Eyton, Robert William. Antiquities of Shropshire (J. R. Smith, Shropshire, England, 1854
• 1636: Historiae Francorum scriptores (sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1636)
• 1643: Acta Sanctorum Biographies of saints. 68 volumes.
• 1685: Platina, B. The Lives of the Popes (Christopher Wilkinson at the Black Boy over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, London, 1685)

Published 1644 - 1900 A.D.

• 1644: Paris, Matthew. Matthei Paris, Monachi Albanensis, Angli Historia Maior (Paris, 1644)
• 1715: Sainte-Marthe, Denis de. Gallia Christiana (Coignard, France, 1856)
• 1716: Dugdale, William. The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, From its Foundation (Edward Maynard, Northamptonshire, England, 1716)
• 1723: Miraei, Auberti. Opera Diplomatic et Historica (Aegidii Denique, Louvain, Belgium, 1723)
• 1738: Mascov, Johann Jakob. The History of the Ancient Germans (London, Westminster, J. Mechell, 1738)
• 1782: Watson, John. Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey (Warington, Printed by William Eyers, 1782)
• 1824: Horsfield, Thomas Walker. The History and Antiquities of Lewes and Its Vicinity (J. Baxter, Lewes, England. 1824)
• 1846: Burke, John & Burke, Bernard. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland (Henry Colburn, 1846)
• 1853: Vitalis, Ordericus. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy (London: Henry G. Bohn, York St., Covent Garden, 1853)
• 1858: Sussex Archaeological Society. Sussex Archaeological Collections (Sussex Archaeological Society, H.Wolff, 64 High Street, Lewes, England, 1887)
• 1864: Luard, Henry Richards. Annales Monastici, (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864-1869)
• 1869: Harleian Society. The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1869-)
• 1874: Planche, James Robinson: The Conqueror and his Companions (1874).
• 1888: Green, Emanuel. Somerset Record Society (Somerset Record Society, 1888)
• 1889: Powlett, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina (Duchess of Cleveland). The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages (London: John Murray, 1889)
• 1893: Phillimore, W.P.W & Fry, George S. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery (British Record Society, London, 1893)
• Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Hannoverae Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani, 1897)

Published 1900s

• Annales de Normandie (magazine published since 1951, Universities of Caen and Rouen)
• Mémoires: Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Bruxelles Palais des académies, 1952)
• Telma Electronic processing of manuscripts and archives
• Holden, Frederic A. & Lockwood, E. Dunbar. Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitions post mortem, returned into the Court of Chancery (British Record Society, London, 1901)
• The Cambridge Medieval History (Macmillan, 1911)
• Howard, Joseph Jackson. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica (Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 32 Paternoster Row, E.C., London, 1906)
• Robinson, James Harvey. Readings in European History (Ginn & Company, 1904-1906)

Additional Sources

• Palgrave, Francis. The Parliament Writs and Writs of Military Summons (His Majesty King George IV, 1827)
• Magnum Rotulum Scaccarii, vel Magnum Rotulum Pipae, de anno tricesimo-primo Regni Henrici Primi (G. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode, London, 1833)
• Tout, Thomas Frederick. Chapters in the Administrative History of Mediaeval England, the Wardrobe, the Chamber, and the Small Seals (University Press, Manchester, 1920-33)
• Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. A Grammar of English Heraldry (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1913)
• Betham, William. Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World (W. Bennett, London, 1795)
• Legg, J. Wickham. The Sarum Missal, Edited From Three Early Manuscripts (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1916)
• Earle, John, ed., Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1865)
• Gurney, Daniel. The Record of the House of Gournay (Nichols, London, 1848)
• Oliver, George. Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (P.A. Hannaford, Exeter, 1846)
• Stevenson, Joseph. The Church Historians of England (George Seeley, England, 1853-)
• Massue, Melville. The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal (T.C. & E.C. Jack, London, 1903-1911)
• Public Record Office. List and Indexes. (Mackie and Co. LD., London, 1892-)
• Marshall, George. An Index to the Pedigrees Contained in the Printed Heralds' Visitations (Robert Hardwicke, London, 1866)
• Curia Regis Rolls (His Majesty's Stationery Office, London)
• Duchesne, André. Histoire Genealogique de la Maison de Bethune (Sebastien Cramoisy, 1639)
• The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants (Henry S. King & Co., London, 1874)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) Preserved in the Public Record Office (London, 1916)
• Raphael. Holinshed's Chronicles (England, 1577)
• Dugdale, William. Monasticon Anglicanum (James Bohn, London, 1846)
• Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co, 2005)
• History of Parliament
• A History of Northumberland (London, 1899)
• Cartulary of the Royal Abbey of Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (De l'Imprimerie de Auguste Herissey, 1862)
• A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1890)
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External Links

• https://www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts
• http://aands.org/onlinebooks.html
• http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/olmed.shtml
• British Library Digitized Manuscripts
• Cambridge Digital Library
• English Medieval Legal Documents Wiki
• A long list of online books
• Anglo-American Legal Tradition: Documents from Medieval and Early Modern England from the National Archives in London
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham University.
• Medieval literature sorted by author
• Glossary of Medieval terms
• Public Records: A Description of the Contents, Objects, and Uses of the Various Works Printed by Authority of The Record Commission; for the advancement of Historical and Antiquarian Knowledge. (1831)
• The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Also see items under their "Resources" menu and external links.
• The 'Lands of the Normans' In England (1204 - 1244)
• Medieval Manuscripts
• Text Manuscripts. See video here.
• Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
• Digital Library Of The Royal Academy Of History, founded in 1738, has a splendid library-archive with manuscripts, incunabula, manuscripts and printed inestimable scientific, literary and documentary value ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, indispensable for the study and research the history of Spain and Spanish America.
• Medieval Armorials
• Mapping the Medieval Countryside
• https://sites.google.com/site/cochoit/medieval-genealogy-resources