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THE SOMERSET ROLL
(Ref 079)
by Arthur L. Humphries
A book of the famous and not so famous who have had a connection with Somerset. It
contains some biographical notes on hundreds people and who knows your ancestor
may be one of them.
£4.00 including UK Postage
£5.50 including Overseas Postage
SELWORTHY
PARISH RECORD TRANSCRIPT
(Ref 147)
Transcribed by
T. L. Stoate
The following appear in this publication.
Baptisms 1594 - 1840
Marriages 1594 - 1837
Burials 1571 - 1579, 1594 - 1838
Overseers 1739 - 1782
Settlement Papers 1730 - 1831
Bastardy Papers 1730 - 1831
Apprenticeship Papers 1694 - 1835
1811 Census
This book is indexed, bookmarked and searchable. An ideal companion to the “Parish
of Selworthy” by Frederick Hancock.
£5.00 including UK Postage
£6.50 including Overseas Postage
THE SOMERSET COAST
(Ref 081)
by Charles G. Harper
This
is
a
wonderful
publication
of
over
three
hundred
pages
giving
a
details
description
of
the
Somerset
Coastline
from
the
River
Avon
to
the
border
of
Devon.
Not
only
does
it
give
geographical
details
but
also
literary
and
historical
connections
associated
with
the
coast the towns along its length with a number of lined illustrations.
The ideal publication to build a picture of this historical area of Somerset.
£5.00 including UK Postage
£6.50 including Overseas Postage
SOMERSET HISTORICAL ESSAYS
(Ref 077)
by J. Armitage Robinson
The
writer
of
this
book
makes
no
claim
to
be
a
historian,
but
he
is
concerned
with
the
materials
which
go
to
the
construction
of
true
history.
Occasionally
he
is
led
to
revise
the
verdicts
of
historians
on
the
ground
of
a
renewed
investigation
of
some
isolated
problem,
or
in
the
light
of
fuller
information
which
has
but
lately
become
available.
Essays
include
William
of
MalmesburyThe
Saxon
Abbots
of
GlastonburyThe
First
Deans
of
WellsEarly
Somerset
ArchdeaconsPeter
of
BloisBishop
Jocelin
and
the
InterdictAn
excellent
book
for
those
who
are
looking
to
expand
their
knowledge
of
Somerset's past.
£5.00 including UK Postage
£6.50 including Overseas Postage
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.
£6.00 including UK Postage
£7.50 including Overseas Postage
THE SOMERSET MUSTER
ROLL OF 1569
(Ref 085)
First published by the Somerset Record Society in 1904
On
March
26th
1569
,
due
to
the
threat
of
Spanish
forces,
the
Privy
Council
issued
a
directive to the counties to hold a general muster of all men over 16
Certificates
of
the
muster,
with
the
names
of
the
men
and
their
equipment,
were
to
be
returned by July 1st though this was later extended to August 12th
This CD contains a searchable transcript for Somerset of this Muster.
£6.00 including UK Postage
£7.50 including Overseas Postage
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 UK Postage
£9.00 including Overseas Postage
THE PREPARATIONS IN SOMERSET AGAINST THE SPANISH
ARMADA1558 - 1588
by Emanuel Green
(Ref 052)
First
published
in
1888
this
wonderful
book
is
a
comprehensive
guide
of
the
preparations
made
in
the
county
for
the
expected
invasion
of
England
by
the
Spanish
in
the
sixteenth
century.
In
addition
to
this
many
hundreds
of
names
are
given
in
the
various
returns
that
were
made
during
this
period.
The
amount
of
information
these
contain
varies
from
just
a
name
and
the
hundred
to
a
full
entry
such
as
“Francis
Lawley
one
light
horseman
named
Symon
Hill
sufficientlye
furnished
as
aforesaid”
An
excellent
publication
for
the
Family,
Social and Local Historian. Fully Searchable
£5.00 including UK Postage
£6.50 including Overseas Postage
