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Thoroton Society Record Series

The Society publishes as an occasional series editions of historical documents relating to Nottinghamshire which are of outstanding local or national importance. These comprise transcripts of the original texts together with learned introductions by specialist editors.

Subscriptions to the Record Series are additional to those for the main Society, and details may be found under About the Society.

Editorial enquires should be addressed to the Honorary General Editor Adrian Henstock (e-mail: adrian@henstock1642.fsworld.co.uk ).

Forthcoming publications

The following editions are currently under active preparation:

1. The estate maps drawn by the surveyor William Senior between 1600 and 1640 for the two Cavendish cousins, the Earl of Newcastle and the Earl of Devonshire, photographed from the originals held at Welbeck Abbey and at Chatsworth House. These comprise over 130 superb full colour maps of the families’ estates, mainly in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire but with others in Staffordshire, Northumberland, and other counties. The edition will be on CD but with a printed editorial introduction.
2. The estate and household accounts of Henry, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, compiled by his steward Thomas Farr, 1676-91, illuminating the lifestyle of his great houses of Welbeck Abbey and Nottingham Castle.
3. A Gazetteer and History of Lost Churches and Chapels in Nottinghamshire.

List of back Record Series publications

Forty-five volumes have been published since 1903:

• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume I (1903). Seventeenth century parish register transcripts belonging to the Peculiar of Southwell. Edited by T.M. Blagg.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume II (1904). The Domesday of Inclosures for Nottinghamshire, from the returns of the Inclosure Commissioners of 1517, in the Public Record Office. Edited with introduction, translation and summaries, by I.S. Leadham.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume III (1905). Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem and other Inquisitions relating to Nottinghamshire, 1485-1546. Edited by W.P.W. Phillimore.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume IV (1914). Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem and other Inquisitions relating to Nottinghamshire, 1279-1321. Edited by John Standish.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume V (1935). Parliamentary land enclosures in the County of Nottingham during the 18th and 19th centuries - 1743 to 1868. Edited by W.E. Tate.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume VI (1939). Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem and other Inquisitions relating to Nottinghamshire, 1321-1350. Edited by T.M. Blagg.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume VII (1939). The account books of the Guilds of St. George and St. Mary in the church of St. Peter, Nottingham. Translated by R.F.B. Hodgkinson.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume VIII (1940). Newstead Priory cartulary, 1344, and other archives. Translated by Violet Walker and edited by Duncan Gray.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume IX (1942). A history of Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire. By Rev. Evelyn Young, edited by T.M. Blagg.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume X (1947). Abstracts of the bonds and allegations for marriage licences in the Archdeaconry of Nottingham, 1754 - 1770. Transcribed and edited by T.M. Blagg.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XI (1945). A miscellany of Nottinghamshire records. Edited by T.M. Blagg.
  • The Nottinghamshire Presentment Bills of 1587.
  • Clerical non-residence in Nottinghamshire, 1803-1838.
  • Newark and Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Certificates of Settlement, 1697 to 1822.
  • North Collingham, customary agreement to enclose, 1567.
  • Extracts from the parish registers of Lambley and Woodborough.
  • Rental of Robert de Caunton, 1340.
  • An extent of Langar and Barnstone, circa 1340.
  • An annual account roll of the manors of Scarrington, Car Colston, Screveton and Orston, 1413-1414.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XII (1952). Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem and other Inquisitions relating to Nottinghamshire, Part I, 1350-1388. Edited by K.S.S. Train.
  Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem and other Inquisitions relating to Nottinghamshire, Part II, 1388-1436. Edited by Violet Walker.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XIII (1950). Nottinghamshire Visitation 1662-1664. Edited by K.S.S. Train.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XIV (1951). A second miscellany of Nottinghamshire records. Edited by K.S.S. Train.
  • Extracts from the paper book of Robert Leband, Vicar of Rolleston, 1583-1625.
  • Local letters in the possession of Col. W.A. Potter.
  • Extent of Upton, 1431.
  • Inquisition for aid of 40s for knighting the Black Prince.
  • Genealogy of the Staunton family.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XV (1953). Lists of the clergy of central Nottinghamshire. Edited by K.S.S. Train.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XVI (1956). Documents relating to the manor and soke of Newark-on-Trent. Edited by M.W. Barley.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XVII (1956). Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to Nottinghamshire, 1437-1485. Edited by Mary A. Renshaw.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XVIII (1958). Poll Books of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, 1710. Introduction by Myrtle J. Read, and a biographical index by Violet W. Walker.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XIX (1959). Lenton Priory estate accounts, 1296-1298. Edited by F.B. Stitt.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XX (1961). Lists of the clergy of North Nottinghamshire. Edited by K.S.S. Train.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXI (1962). A Nottinghamshire miscellany. Edited by J.H. Hodson, P.A. Kennedy and V.W. Walker.
  • Agreement for the construction of a tomb in Wollaton Church, 1515.
  • The Wollaton estate and the Civil War, 1643-1647.
  • The buildings and alterations of the second Thoresby House, 1767-1804.
  • The confiscation of firearms in Nottingham in Charles Harvey's Mayoralty, 1689-1690.
  • The will of Rev. John Whitlock, 1700.
  • Thomas Finningley of West Stockwith and the Lady Ann, 1760.
  • Nottingham election expenses, 1779.
  • Verses on the Puritan Settlement in America, 1631.
  • Nottinghamshire settlers in Cape of Good Hope, 1820.
  • Nottinghamshire register of motor cars and cycles, 1903.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXII (1963). Nottinghamshire household inventories. Edited by P.A. Kennedy.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXIII (1964). Sherwood Forest Book. Edited by Helen E. Boulton.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XIV (1967). Nottinghamshire miscellany, No. 4. Edited by Mary A. Welch and Marjorie Penn.
  • Willoughby letters of the first half of the sixteenth century.
  • Account books of Gertrude Savile, 1736-58.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXV (1969). Calendar of Nottinghamshire coroners' inquests, 1485-1558. Edited by R.F. Hunnisett.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXVI (1972). Luddism in Nottinghamshire. Edited by Malcolm I. Thomis.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXVII-XXVIII (1973). The cartulary of Blyth Priory. Edited by R.T. Timson.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXIX (1972). Rufford charters, volume 1. Edited by C.J. Holdsworth.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXX (1974). Rufford charters, volume 2. Edited by C.J. Holdsworth.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXI (1975). Letters of John Holles, 1587-1637, vol. I. Edited by P.R. Seddon.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXII (1980). Rufford charters, volume 3. Edited by C.J. Holdsworth.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXIII (1980). The Diary of Abigail Gawthern of Nottingham, 1751-1810. Edited by A. Henstock.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXIV (1981). Rufford charters, volume 4. Index. Edited by C.J. Holdsworth.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXV (1983). Letters of John Holles, 1587-1637, vol. II. Edited by P.R. Seddon.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXVI (1986). Letters of John Holles, 1587-1637, vol. III. Edited by P.R. Seddon.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXVII (1988). Nottinghamshire Hearth Tax: 1664 - 1674. Edited by W.F. Webster.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXVIII (1990). The Nottinghamshire Miners' Industrial Union ('Spencer Union'). Rufford Branch minutes, 1926-1936. District minutes, 1926-1927. Edited by C.P. Griffin.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XXXIX (1995). A Nottinghamshire village in war and peace: the accounts of the constables of Upton, 1640 - 1666. Edited by Martyn Bennett.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XL (1997). Sherwood Forest in 1609: a Crown survey by Richard Bankes. Edited by Steph Mastoris and Sue Groves.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XLI (1997). Secret Comment -- the Diaries of Gertrude Savile, 1721-1757. Edited by Alan Saville.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XLII (2002). A Nottinghamshire Bibliography: Publications on Nottinghamshire History before 1998. Compiled by Michael Brook.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume XLIII (2004). Unhappy Reactionary: The Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1822-50. Edited by Dr Richard Gaunt.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume 44 (2006). Ducal Estate Management in Georgian Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire: The Diary of William Gould, 1783-1788, edited by Michael Hanson.
• Thoroton Society Record Series Volume 45 (2010). Village Government and Taxation in Later Stuart Nottinghamshire : The Gedling ‘Town Book’ 1664-1714, edited by Edward White

Ordering Record Series publications

Please note that of the above only Volumes 38-40 and 42-44 are currently in print (August 2008). See the Ordering Thoroton Society publications page for information on purchasing Record Series back volumes.

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