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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 9, Bloxham Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1969.

'Principal classes of records used', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 9, Bloxham Hundred, (London, 1969) pp. xvii-xx. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol9/xvii-xx [accessed 25 April 2024]

LIST OF CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Used in this volume with their class numbers



Chancery
	Proceedings
C 1	Early
C 2	Series I
C 3	Series II
C 47	Miscellanea
C 54	Close Rolls
C 60	Fine Rolls
C 66	Patent Rolls
C 78	Decree Rolls
C 93	Proceedings of Commissioners for Charitable Uses, Inquisitions and Decrees
	Inquisitions post mortem
C 132	Series I, Henry III
C 133	Edward I
C 134	Edward II
C 135	Edward III
C 138	Henry V
C 139	Henry VI
C 140	Edward IV
C 141	Richard III
C 142	Series II
C 143	Inquisitions ad quod damnum
C 145	Miscellaneous Inquisitions
C 146	Ancient Deeds, Series C
Court of Common Pleas
	Feet of Fines
C.P. 25 (1)	Series I
C.P. 25 (2)	Series II
C.P. 26	Notes of Fines
C.P. 40	Plea Rolls
C.P. 43	Recovery Rolls
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 36	Miscellaneous Books
E 40	Ancient Deeds, Series A
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
E 134	Depositions taken by Commission Inquisitions post mortem
E 149	Series I
E 150	Series II
E 164	Miscellaneous Books, Series I
E 178	Special Commissions of Enquiry
E 210	Ancient Deeds, Series D
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 315	Miscellaneous Books
E 317	Parliamentary Surveys
E 326	Ancient Deeds, Series B
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's and Pipe Offices
E 368	Memoranda Rolls
E 372	Pipe Rolls
Ministry of Education
Ed. 7	Public Elementary Schools, Preliminary Statements
Home Office
	Various, Census Papers
H.O. 107	Population Returns
H.O. 129	Ecclesiastical Returns
Justices Itinerant, &c.
J.I. 1	Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, &c.
Court of King's Bench (Crown Side)
K.B. 26	Curia Regis Rolls
K.B. 27	Coram Rege Rolls
K.B. 28	Crown Rolls
Exchequer, Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue
L.R. 2	Miscellaneous Books
Court of Requests
Req. 2	Proceedings
Special Collections
S.C. 2	Court Rolls
S.C. 5	Hundred Rolls
S.C. 6	Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts Rentals and Surveys
S.C. 11	Rolls
S.C. 12	Portfolios
Court of Star Chamber
	Proceedings
Sta. Cha. 2	Henry VIII
Sta. Cha. 4	Mary
State Paper Office
	State Papers Domestic
S.P. 10	Edward VI
S.P. 15	Addenda, Edward VI to James I
Court of Wards and Liveries
Wards 2	Deeds and Evidences

LIST OF PRINCIPAL BODLEIAN LIBRARY MANUSCRIPTS

Used in this Volume



MS. Ch. Oxon.	Oxfordshire Charters
MS. dep. deeds	Miscellaneous Oxfordshire deeds from various sources
MS. d.d. Arkell	Deeds collected by Miss Arkell (d. 1953) in the neighbourhood of Banbury
MS. d.d. Dew	Deeds collected by Mr. G. J. Dew
MS. d.d. Ewelme honor	Papers relating to courts leet of the honor, 1712 to 19th century
MS. d.d. Golby	Deeds and papers of the Gardner, Golby, and Wilson families in Adderbury, 1702–1903
MS. d.d. Morrell	Miscellaneous deeds from Messrs. Morrell, Peel, and Gamlen, solicitors, Oxford
MS. d.d. Oxon.	Oxfordshire deeds from various sources
MS. d.d. Par. Adderbury	Churchwardens' accounts, poor law papers, papers of town feoffees, maps and surveys, &c.
MS. d.d. Par. Alkerton	Registers, miscellaneous papers, account book of Alkerton charities
MS. d.d. Par. Bloxham	Deeds of Bloxham town feoffees, 1421–1627
MS. d.d. Risley	Papers of the Barber, Cotton, and Risley families, and miscellaneous papers
MS. Lyell 15	Abingdon Cartulary
MS. North	Papers of the North family from Wroxton Abbey
MS. Oxf. Dioc.
b 6–18	Parochial returns to bishops' queries, 1793–1824
b 20	Petitions, plans, and correspondence
b 21–23	Oxford diocesan registers, 1737–1868
b 38, 39, 41	Bishops' visitations, 1831, 1834, 1838
b 70	Returns of church, rectory, and school buildings, 1860
b 101	Return of papists, 1767–80
c 16	Banbury Peculiar Acts, 17th century
c 21–31	Attestations and depositions in ecclesiastical courts, 1570–1694
c 49	Episcopal citations, 1688–91
c 66–77	Presentation deeds, 1559–1863
c 85	Registration deeds, 1609–1856
c 93–94	Libels and articles, undated
c 105	Proclamations and draft faculties, c. 1670–1740
c 155	Value of livings, 1675–1823
c 206–9	Oxford diocesan ordination papers, 1791–7
c 264	Oxford diocesan register, 1604–23
c 266	Oxford diocesan register, 1699–1736
c 327	Diocese book, 1778–1808
c 332, 341, 344, 350	Bishops' visitations, 1866, 1875, 1878, 1884
c 430	Returns of recusants, 1682–1706
c 433	Return of schools, 1815
c 434–6	Register of faculties, 1737–41
c 441	Return of places of worship, 1810
c 443	Modern papers
c 446	Papers relating to Queen Anne's Bounty
c 448–9	Terriers, early 19th century
c 454–6	Faculty papers, c. 1660–1850
c 643–7	Certificates of dissenting meeting houses, 1731–1852
c 649–64	Episcopal correspondence, 1635–1854
c 1692–2086	Oxfordshire parish boxes, 19th-20th centuries
d 14–16	Depositions and attestations in ecclesiastical courts, 1543–93
d 105–6	Oxford diocesan register, 1543–69, 1660–1702
d 178	Bishop Wilberforce's diocese book, 1854–64
d 179, 180	Bishops' visitations, 1857, 1860
d 549	Diocese book, 1807–12
d 555–65	Bishops' visitations, 1759–74
d 566–81	Bishops' visitations, 1802–23
d 702	Notification on non-residence, 1812–13
d 705	Returns of curates' residence and stipends, 1812
d 707	Return of schools, 1808
d 708	Bishop Fell's diocese book, c. 1685
e 12	Subscriptions, 1603–24
MS. Oxf. Archd. Oxon.
b 22–27	Miscellaneous papers about Oxfordshire parishes
b 39	Papers relating to wills, 19th century
b 40–41	Terriers, 17th century
b 53	Transcripts of Hornton parish register
b 60	Transcripts of Horley and Hornton registers
c 2–27	Liber actorum of archdeacon's court, 1566–1761
c 28	Proceedings of Banbury Peculiar Court, 1676–1723
c 30	Penalties, acts of court, c. 1566–1777
c 31–33	Allegations, 1645–1791
c 35–44	Archdeacons' articles of enquiry, 1837–68
c 46–115	Churchwardens' presentments, 1730–1844
c 118	Depositions in ecclesiastical courts, 1616–20
c 121	Penalties and excommunications, 1610–20
c 141–2	Terriers
c 155	Horley and Hornton Peculiar Acts, 17th century
c 156	Proceedings of Banbury, Cropredy, and Horley and Hornton Peculiar Courts, 18th century
d 4	Mandates for induction
d 13	Archdeacon's visitation book, 1756–9
MS. Rawl. B 400, b, c, f	Rawlinson's Parochial Collections for Oxfordshire
MS. Top. Eccles. b 14	Collections of sketches of baptismal fonts, c. 1832–95
MS. Top. Oxon.
a 37–39	'Drawings in Oxfordshire': prints and drawings by various hands in the 18th and 19th centuries
a 42	Sketches and water-colours of buildings and places in Oxfordshire, 18th and and 19th centuries
a 48	A guard-book containing mainly drawings of Oxfordshire
a 61	Topographical drawings c. 1855 by Joseph Wilkins of Deddington
a 64–69	Drawings by J. C. Buckler and J. Buckler
b 75	Historical notes and papers relating to churches and parishes in Oxfordshire
b 124	Historical notes and extracts relating to Bodicote by C. W. Hurst, 1920–5
b 165	Collections and drawings relating to Oxfordshire, 18th and 19th centuries
b 220	Descriptions and drawings of Oxfordshire churches
c 42–68	Historical collections relating to Oxfordshire by W. H. Turner
c 103–5	Papers about Oxfordshire church restorations, mainly 1860–70
c 165–7	Oxfordshire monumental inscriptions and extracts from parish registers by Col. J. L. Chester, c. 1880
c 228	The rental book of the estates of the Draper family, 1693–1747
c 306	Transcript of the churchwardens accounts of Bodicote, 1701–1822 by C. W. Hurst
c 393	Collection of miscellaneous charters
c 449	Collections for Oxfordshire religious houses, including Wroxton, by the Revd. H. E. Salter
d 195–6	Notes on Oxfordshire monumental brasses by Percy Manning
d 351	Enquiry into lands of Oxfordshire recusants, 1700
d 386	Historical notes on the church of Wroxton and chapelry of Balscott by the Revd. R. C. West, 1948
d 460	List of medieval incumbents and patrons from the Lincoln registers and other sources, prepared by the Oxfordshire V.C.H. staff
e 184	Notes and transcripts by Percy Manning
MS. Wills Oxon.	Oxfordshire wills, 16th–19th centuries
MS. Wills Peculiars	Oxfordshire &c. Peculiars, probate records 16th–19th centuries