THE SOMERSET PROTESTATION RETURNS and LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS 1641-42 (Ref 083) Transcribed by A. J. Howard Edited and Published by T. L. Stoate In   the   year   of   1641   it   was   demanded   that   every   man   over the   age   of   18   should   make   an   oath   was   to   follow   the   “true Protestant   religion”.   These   are   now   called   the   Protestation Returns   and   form   a   valuable   list   of   inhabitants   of   a   parish   at this time. Not   everyone   signed   and   those   who   did   refuse   are   also sometimes   noted.   Whilst   only   about   a   third   of   Somerset parishes    have    survived    (    161    )    it    still    lists    over    22,000 names   and   is   an   important   Somerset   reference   work   which will be of great use to Genealogists and Family Historians. It   is   in Adobe Acrobat   format   and   so   can   be   easily   searched and    read    on    most    computers.    A    must    for    anyone    with Somerset Ancestors. £7.50 including U. K. P&P

DWELLY'S SOMERSET HEARTH TAX (Ref 071) This CD consists of THREE separate publications • Dwelly's Hearth Tax for Somerset 1664 - 65   • Dwelly's National Records Volume 2 XVII Century    Directory of  Somerset Containingthe names of all persons paying taxes or exempt from paying. •  Dwelly's Index to the Somerset Hearth Tax Exemption Certificates of 1670 & 1674 (2 above) with a completion of Dwelly's National Records Volume 2.    Edited and Originally Published by T. L. Stoate Price £7.50 including UK P&P

ABSTRACTS OF SOMERSET WILLS (Ref 057) Collected by Rev. Frederick Brown Originally Published by F. A. Crisp One   night   in   1942,   Somerset   and   Devon   lost   one   of   the most    important    research    sources    for    local    and    family historians,   when   a   German   bomb   destroyed   the   Exeter Probate   Office,   and   all   of   the   wills   that   it   contained.   This being   the   case   collections   of   transcripts   and   extracts   of wills   are   so   important   to   those   of   us   with   connections   to these   counties.   One   of   the   most   important   sources   for Somerset   is   the   collection   of   abstracts   that   was   made   by the    Reverend    Frederick    Brown    at    the    end    of    the    19th century,    these    were    published    in    six    volumes    between 1887   and   1890   by   Frederick   Crisp.   Only   one   hundred   and fifty   sets   were   ever   produced   and   their   rarity   is   reflected   in the   price   of   those   that   do   occasionally   come   up   for   sale. This   CD   contains   digitised   version   of   all   six   volumes,   that is   fully   searchable   and   will   prove   invaluable   to   anyone studying the local or their family history in Somerset . £7.50 including U.K. P& P

MARRIAGE ALLEGATION BONDS OF THE BISHOPS OF BATH AND WELLS FROM THEIR COMMENCEMENT TO THE YEAR 1755 By Arthur J. Jewers (Ref 030) First   published   in   1909   this   book   lists   all   of   the   surviving bonds   for   that   year.   Since   then   a   number   of   original documents    have    been    lost    or    have    deteriorated    to make   this   the   most   complete   list   of   this   bonds.   Most   are for   the   early   1700's,   although   there   are   a   number   of entries   for   the   previous   century.   To   use   Jewers   own words   in   describing   the   period   1674-75   “in   these   years large   portions   are   quite   gone,   partly   eaten   by   mice   and partly    rotted    away    by    damp”.    These    circumstances make   this   work   of   over   500   pages   invaluable   for   family and local historians.  Price £6.00 including UK P & P