Whilst specialising in the Tudor and Stuart period, 1550-1700, Susan has wide experience in records from about 1450 to 1900, and in some instances will also look at records outside this period, both earlier and later.
The records of the Chancery Court are those with which Susan has the most experience, as they tend to be the most useful no matter what the subject of the research commission. Apart from these no list could be comprehensive, but the following is a summary of the records consulted regularly.
Records Consulted Regularly
Legal Records
- Court of Chancery
- Court of Exchequer
- Court of Star Chamber
- Court of Requests
- Other equity courts
- High Court of Admiralty
- Church courts
- Quarter sessions
- Assize
Land
- Maps
- Feet of fines
- Patent rolls
- Close rolls
- Recovery rolls
- Inquisitions Post Mortem
- Crown Estate records
- Ministers accounts
- Court of augmentations
- Deeds
- Enclosure records
- Manorial rolls, leases, etc
- Borough records
National and Tax
- State Papers
- Protestation returns
- Certificates of residence
- Lay Subsidy rolls
- Hearth Tax returns
Abroad
- East India Office
- Colonial
- Licences to pass beyond the seas
Military
- Musters
Parish
- Parish registers
- Churchwardens accounts and minutes
- Vestry accounts and minutes
Probate
- Wills & administrations
- Probate court disputes
- Bishops' Registers
Printed
- Victoria County History
- County histories
- Parish histories
Trade
- Port books
- Harbour books
Research work is not specifically undertaken in any of the following, unless as part of a larger project:
- Births, marriages and deaths
- Parish registers
- Military records
- Census returns
Commissioning Your Project
1.
Get in Touch
Contact Susan outlining your request, with full details of the information you already have and what you hope to find
2.
Develop Strategy
A research programme will include an ongoing list of potentially relevant sources
3.
The Research
All work is charged on a time basis, and most research tend to extend to several days, in some cases weeks
4.
The Report
In two parts: full research notes, and a detailed explanation of what has been found, with image of relevant document
