Classes of public records used and note on manuscript sources

A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2002.

'Classes of public records used and note on manuscript sources', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds, (London, 2002) pp. xv-xvi. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/xv-xvi [accessed 20 April 2024]

LIST OF CLASSES OF PUBLIC RECORDS

USED IN THIS VOLUME, WITH THEIR CLASS NUMBERS



Chancery
C 1	Proceedings, Early
C 2	" Series I
C 3	" Series II
C 5	" Six Clerks Series, Bridges
C 11	" " " 1714-58
C 47	Miscellanea
C 54	Close Rolls
C 60	Fine Rolls
C 66	Patent Rolls
C 78	Decree Rolls
C 134	Inquisitions post mortem, Series I, Edward II
C 136	" " " " Richard II
C 137	" " " " Henry IV
C 139	" " " " Henry VI
C 140	" " " " Edward IV
C 142	" " " Series II
C 143	Inquisitions, Ad Quod Damnum
C 146	Ancient Deeds, Series C
Court of Common Pleas
C.P. 25(1)	Feet of Fines, Series I
C.P. 25(2)	" " Series II
C.P. 43	Recovery Rolls
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 40	Ancient Deeds, Series A
Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer
E 134	Depositions taken by Commission
E 150	Inquisitions post mortem, Series II
E 178	Special Commissions of Enquiry
E 179	Subsidy Rolls, &c.
E 190	Port Books
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 315	Miscellaneous Books
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
E 357	Escheators' Enrolled Accounts
Home Office
H.O. 52	Correspondence, Counties.
H.O. 67	Acreage Returns
H.O. 107	Various, Census Papers, Population Returns
H.O. 129	Various, Census Papers, Ecclesiastical Returns
Justices Itinerant
Just. Itin. 1	Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &c.
Court of Queen's Bench
K.B. 27	Coram Rege Rolls
K.B. 28	Crown Rolls
K.B. 122	Plea or Judgement Rolls
Exchequer, Land Revenue
L.R. 14	Ancient Deeds, Series E
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
M.A.F. 1	Commons, &c., Inclosure Awards
Special Collections
S.C. 6	Ministers' Accounts
S.C. 11	Rentals and Surveys (Rolls)
S.C. 12	" " (Portfolios)
S.C. 13	Seals
State Paper Office
S.P. 12	State Papers, Domestic, Elizabeth I
S.P. 16	" " " Charles I
Court of Star Chamber
Sta. Cha. 8	Proceedings, James I
Court of Wards and Liveries
Wards 7	Inquisitions post mortem

NOTE

The Manuscript Collections of Mr. G. M. G. Woodgate, lodged in the Museum at Wisbech, are cited variously as 'Wisb. MSS.' and 'Woodgate MSS.'

The muniments of the Dean and Chapter of Ely are cited as 'D. & C. Mun.,' those of the Bishop as 'Bp.'s Mun.' The arrangement of the Episcopal manuscripts is described in A. Gibbons, Ely Episcopal Records. The capitular manuscripts are housed in one room but are not permanently arranged in shelves or cupboards: the numbering used here is that found on the documents when they were examined in 1949-50.