Local Records of Northumberland & Durham

Compiled by John Sykes, this is the full set of four volumes published between 1866 and 1875, and covers the period from the earliest records to 1875.    

Price:  £14.25

Newcastle Polls 1777-1780

These books are becoming very scarce indeed and finding two sequential Poll books will provide researchers with a fabulous idea of who voted in these elections and who they voted for.    

Price:  £9.79

Northern Petitions illustrative of life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the fourteenth century

The documents provide illustrations of the practical difficulties of life in the north of England during the fourteenth century.' Each section has a short historical introduction and each petition, in French, is preceded by a calendar of its contents and followed by its approximate date and an editorial comment on its relation to other known material. Areas covered include trade, defence, compensation, war damage, franchises, legal petitions, financial petitions, clerical petitions etc.. See volume 176.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-854-44041-2

Price:  £25.00

Northumberland 1873 Return of Owners of Land

Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

Price:  £8.94

The Customs Accounts of Newcastle upon Tyne 1454-1500

All thirteen of the extant Controller's accounts from the period 1454-1500 are included. These supply a record of the customs and subsidies on exports and imports. Each account is provided with a short introduction discussing the physical appearance of the membranes and the accounts.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-854-44059-7

Price:  £25.00

The Northumberland Eyre Roll for 1293

The eyre roll is a major source of information about medieval life, ranging from local courts and land tenure through town customs and the status of women to general neighbourliness. This is especially important for Northumberland, where constant border raiding was detrimental to the accumulation of local records. The survival of the Northumberland Eyre Roll for 1293, recording over eleven hundred law suits, provides a rare glimpse of the county (togetherwith information on Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland) on the eve of the outbreak of the Anglo-Scottish wars; as only brief extracts from the roll have been published previously, this full edition will be warmly welcomed. The text is accompanied by notes and a subject index providing a full guide to topics of special interest.
CONSTANCE FRASER is a retired lecturer.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-854-44066-5

Price:  £50.00