Galway, Mallow, New Ross, etc.

2421a. Ancient charters of the Liber albus Ossoriensis [12021331], ed. H. F. Berry. Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings, xxvii., section C, 115-25. Dublin, etc., 1909 [1908].-Calendar of the Liber ruber of the diocese of Ossory [1154-1583]. By H. J. Lawlor. Ibid., xxvii., section C, 159-208. Dublin, etc., 1909 [1908].

2422. Ancient Norman-French poem on the erection of the walls of New Ross, in Ireland, 1265, ed. Frederic Madden. Soc. of Antiq. of London, Archæologia, xxii. 307-22. London, 1829.— Also printed, with a translation, in Facsimiles of National MSS. of Ireland (No. 261), vol. iii. p. v. and app. ii. London, 1879.

2423. Blake family records [a calendar]. By M. J. Blake. Ist series [1315-1600]. London, 1902.

They comprise grants of houses and lands in or near the towns of Galway and Athenry, wills, receipts, etc.

2424. Irish charters in the Book of Kells. Irish Archaol. Soc., Miscellany, i. 127-58. Dublin, 1846.

Seven charters of the 11th and 12th centuries.

2425. Manor (The) of Mallow in the thirteenth century. By H. F. Berry. Royal Soc. of Antiq. of Ireland, Journal, 5th series, iv. 14-24. Dublin, 1894.

Contains the translation of an extent of the manor, A.D. 1298,

KENT

For customals and charters of the Cinque Ports, see Nos. 976, 2640; for manorial extents, etc., No. 2643.

Addington.

2426. Rent roll of Roger de Scaccario, lord of the manor of Addington [1257-71], ed. L. B. Larking, Domesday Book of Kent, app. 21-27. London, 1869.

Canterbury City and Diocese.

See No. 795, consuetudinary of St. Augustine's; Nos. 2219-20, 2256, letter-books of Christ church, register of Peckham, etc.; and Nos. 1364, 1730, 1768, 1843, 1843a, 1845, chroniclers.

2427. Accounts of the churchwardens of St. Dunstan's, Canterbury, 1484-1580, ed. J. M. Cowper. Reprinted from Archæologia Cantiana [xvi. 289-321, xvii. 77-149]. London, 1885. pp. 104.

2428. Calendar of wills relating to Kent proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury, 1384-1559. By L. L. Duncan. Lewisham Antiq. Soc. Lee, 1890. pp. 93.

For other wills proved in this court, see No. 2326 and § 58c.

2428a. Customary of the monasteries of St. Augustine, Canterbury, and St. Peter, Westminster, ed. E. M. Thompson. Henry Bradshaw Soc. 2 vols. London, 1902-04.

The Westminster customary, compiled 1259-83, is a version of that of Canterbury.

2429. Early Kentish wills [1442-67], ed. James Greenstreet. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, xi. 370-87. London, 1877.-Testamenta Cantiana: a series of extracts from fifteenth and sixteenth century wills. West Kent, by L. L. Duncan; East Kent, by Arthur Hussey. [Kent Archeol. Soc., Extra vol., 1907.] 2 pts. in I vol. London, 1906-07.

2429a. Inventories of Christ church, Canterbury [1294-1780], ed. J. W. Legg and W. H. St. John Hope. Westminster, 1902.

2430. Minutes, collected from the ancient records and accounts in the chamber of Canterbury, of transactions in that city, ed. Civis. [Canterbury, 1801-02.]

A valuable collection of extracts from the city muniments, from 1234 onward, seemingly compiled by C. R. Bunce.

2431. Short accounts of the records of Canterbury. By H. R. Plomer. Canterbury, 1892. pp. 26.

2432. Stephani Birchingtoni Historia de archiepiscopis Cantuariensibus A.D. [597-1369], ed. Henry Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. 1-48. London, 1691.

According to Tait (No. 1832a), wrongly attributed to Birchington, a monk of Christ church, Canterbury, in the second half of the 14th century. For other annals of Canterbury, see Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. 49–176.

2433. Translation of the charters, etc., granted to the citizens of Canterbury [Edw. IV.-Charles II.]. By a citizen [C. R. Bunce]. Canterbury, 1791.

Combwell, Dartford, Dover, etc.

2434. Charters of Cumbwell priory [1160-1270]. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, v. 194-222, vi. 190-222, viii. 271-93. London, 1863-72.

2435. Collection or abstract of legal documents relating to donations to the church and poor of the parish of Dartford [12841799], ed. John Langdale. London, 1829.

Most of the documents are later than the 15th century.

2435a. Dover charters and other documents of the corporation of Dover [1227-1569]. Transcribed and translated by S. P. H. Statham. London, [1902].

Valuable.

2436. Municipal archives of Faversham, 1304-24, ed. F. F. Giraud. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, xiv. 185-205: London, 1882.

Contains town accounts, arrears of tallages, etc. See also Giraud's papers on Faversham town accounts, 33 Edw. I.; and Faversham town charters, ibid., ix. pp. lxii.-lxx., X. 221–41.

2437. Records of Gravesend, Milton, Denton, Chalk, Northfleet, Southfleet, and Ifield, ed. W. H. Hart. Pt. i. Gravesend, 1878. pp. 64.

Contains abstracts of charters, etc., A.D. 950-1546.

High Halden, Hythe, Lyminge, and Monks Horton.

2438. Charters of Monks Horton priory [1140-1311], ed. J. R. Scott. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, x. 269-81. London, 1876.

2439. Chartulary of the monastery of Lyminge. Translated and illustrated by R. C. Jenkins. Folkestone, [1886]. pp. 50.

2440. Extracts from records relating to the rectors of High Halden, 1322-1899 [ed. W. B. Grimaldi. London], 1900. pp. 62.

2441. Hythe churchwardens' accounts [1412-13], ed. W. A. S. Robertson. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, x. 242-49. London, 1876.

Rochester City and Diocese.

2442. Annales ecclesiæ Roffensis [A.D. 604-1307], ex Historia ecclesiastica Edmundi de Hadenham monachi Roffensis, ed. Henry Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. 341-55. London, 1691.

These notes are interpolations which Hadenham (f. 1307) made in a copy of the chronicle attributed to Matthew of Westminster.

2443. Custumale Roffense, ed. John Thorpe [the younger]. London, 1788.

Contains many curious particulars regarding the tenures, services, etc., of manors belonging to the cathedral church of Rochester. This customal is said to have been compiled by John de Westerham, a monk of Rochester, who died about 1320. The greater part of Thorpe's volume is a treatise on the antiquities of Kent.

2444. Fabric roll of Rochester castle [1367-69, ed. L. B. Larking]. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, ii. 111-32. London, 1859.

2444a. Records of Rochester [diocese], ed. C. H. Fielding. Dartford, 1910.

Contains brief histories of the churches, with lists of clergy, etc.

2445. *Registrum Roffense: a collection of antient records, charters, etc., illustrating the history of the diocese and cathedral church of Rochester, ed. John Thorpe [the elder]. London, 1769. -Index to the monumental inscriptions in the Registrum Roffense. [By F. A. Crisp]. London, 1885. pp. 14.

The Registrum contains charters, bulls, ordinations, pleadings, etc., many of them taken from the episcopal registers of Rochester.

2446. *Textus Roffensis, ed. Thomas Hearne. Oxford, 1720. -An historical account of the Textus Roffensis. By Samuel Pegge. London, 1784. pp. 47.-Notes on the Textus Roffensis. By Felix Liebermann. Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, xxiii. 101-12. London, 1898.

According to Liebermann, this work was written circa 1140-50 by an unknown scribe, who was induced to compile it by Ernulf, bishop of Rochester. The first part is a rich collection of Anglo-Saxon laws, the second is a chartulary of the church of St. Andrew. Hearne does not edit the whole work. Most of the charters are printed in Kemble's Codex (No. 1419) and in Thorpe's Registrum Roffense (No. 2445).

2447. Willelmi de Dene Historia Roffensis [1314–50, with a continuation to 1540], ed. Henry Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. 35683 London, 1691.

The author flourished about 1350.

LANCASHIRE.

General Duchy of Lancaster, etc.

In 1868 Queen Victoria presented to the nation the ancient muniments of the duchy of Lancaster (Nos. 2450-60), some of which were removed to the Public Record Office in that year and the rest in 1873. These documents relate to Lancashire and most of the other counties of England in which estates were held of the duchy. See Public Record Office, Lists and Indexes (No. 473), nos. xiv., xl.; and No. 2766.

2448. Charters of the duchy of Lancaster. Translated and edited by William Hardy. London, 1845.

Contains the charters granted by the crown to the earls and dukes of Lancaster, 1342-99; together with the subsequent acts of parliament relating to the management of the Lancastrian possessions as settled upon the king, to 1558. For charters 1093-1216, see No, 1925a.

2449. Collection of Lancashire and Cheshire wills, 1301-1752, ed. W. F. Irvine. Record Soc. for Lanc. and Chesh. [London], 1896.-List of the Lancashire wills proved within the archdeaconry of Richmond, and now preserved in Somerset house, London, [1457-1812], ed. Henry Fishwick. Record Soc. for Lanc. and Chesh. 4 vols. [Manchester, etc.], 1884-1913.

See No. 2716.

2450. Duchy of Lancaster [records]: calendar of ancient charters or grants [private deeds, Hen. I.-5 Edw. IV.]. Deputy Keeper's Reports, xxxv. 1-41, xxxvi. app. i. 161-205, xxxvii. app. i. 172-9. London, 1874-76.

2451.

[Calendar of] inquisitions post mortem, Richard II.-Elizabeth. Ibid., xxxix. 532-49. London, 1878.

2452.

Calendar of patent rolls, 4 Richard II.-21

Henry VII. Ibid., xl. 521-45. London, 1879.