Records of an English Village 1375-1854

Contents

• The Records of Earls Colne
  • Introduction
    • Introduction to the parish
      • Parish map
      • Map of copyhold land of the manor of Earls Colne
      • Map of copyhold land of the manor of Colne Priory
      • Map of demesne land of the manor of Earls Colne
      • Map of demesne land of the manor of Colne Priory
      • Map of freehold land of the manor of Earls Colne
      • Map of freehold land of the manor of Colne Priory
    • Guided tour of the data
    • Using historical documents
    • Site guide
      • Introduction
      • Documents
      • Indices
      • Reference
    • A brief history of the project
      • The pre-history of the project to 1971
      • The first formal phase: establishing the project 1971-1976
      • Establishing the database 1976-1983
      • Transferring the database onto the web: 1994-2000
      • Converting to XML: 2002
      • Work on Earls Colne Records
      • Technical information
      • Acknowledgements
  • Documents
    • Church Records
      • Church administration and finance
        • Archdeaconry Visitations
        • Bishop of London Consistory Court Visitations
        • Commissary Court Visitations
        • Parish Register and Vestry Miscellaneous
      • Plenary or instance jurisdiction
        • Archdeaconry Cause Books
        • Archdeaconry Depositions
      • Mere office or summary correction records
        • Archdeaconry Act Book
        • Consistory Court Office Act Book
        • Commissary Court Act Book
      • Church as registry: testaments
        • Wills
      • Church as registry: baptisms
        • Baptism register 1560 to 1599
        • Baptism register 1600 to 1605
        • Baptism register 1609 to 1619
        • Baptism register 1620 to 1639
        • Baptism register 1640 to 1649
        • Baptism register 1650 to 1659
        • Baptism register 1660 to 1669
        • Baptism register 1670 to 1679
        • Baptism register 1680 to 1699
        • Baptism register 1700 to 1709
        • Baptism register 1710 to 1719
        • Baptism register 1720 to 1729
        • Baptism register 1730 to 1739
        • Baptism register 1740 to 1749
        • Baptism register 1750 to 1755
        • Baptism register 1756 to 1812
        • Baptism register 1813 to 1854 - transcript by Major A.H.T. Smith
      • Church as registry: marriages
        • Marriage register 1559 to 1599
        • Marriage register 1600 to 1605
        • Marriage register 1608 to 1639
        • Marriage register 1640 to 1653
        • Marriage register 1653 to 1679
        • Marriage register 1680 to 1699
        • Marriage register 1700 to 1729
        • Marriage register 1729 to 1753
        • Marriage register 1754 to 1853 - transcript by Major A.H.T. Smith
      • Church as registry: burials
        • Burial register 1559 to 1589
        • Burial register 1609 to 1619
        • Burial register 1620 to 1639
        • Burial register 1640 to 1659
        • Burial register 1616 to 1679
        • Burial register 1680 to 1699
        • Burial register 1700 to 1719
        • Burial register 1720 to 1729
        • Burial register 1730 to 1755
        • Burial register 1756 to 1812
        • Burial register 1813 to 1837 - transcript by Major A.H.T. Smith
        • Burial register 1838 to 1854 - transcript by Major A.H.T. Smith
      • Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Earls Colne inhabitants in other parishes
        • Chapel alias Pontisbright Marriage register
        • Coggeshall Marriage register
        • Colne Engaine Baptism register
        • Colne Engaine Burial register
        • Colne Engaine Marriage register
        • Halstead Marriage register
        • Markshall Burial register
        • Markshall Marriage register
        • Wakes Colne Marriage register
        • White Colne Marriage register
      • Quaker records
        • Quaker Monthly Meeting
        • Quaker Monthly Meeting at Coggeshall - burials
        • Quaker Monthly Meeting - marriages
        • Quaker Monthly Meeting - births
        • Quaker Quarterly Meeting - marriage certificates
      • Church as licensing authority
        • Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1672 to 1750
        • Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1681 to 1731
        • Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1699 to 1724
        • Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1725 to 1740
        • Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1741 to 1750
        • Marriage Licences 1520-1828
      • Church as poor law administrator
        • Apprenticeship Indentures
        • Bastardy Bonds
        • Earls Colne Removal orders from neighbouring parishes
        • Overseers Accounts
        • Poor Rate
        • Removal Orders
        • Settlement Certificates
      • Miscellaneous
        • Inventories of Essex Monasteries
        • Tenths of Colne Priory
      • Tithe Award
        • Earls Colne Tithe Award
        • Colne Engaine Tithe Award
        • White Colne Tithe Award
    • State Records
      • Common law courts
        • Assize Indictments
        • King's Bench Ancient Indictments
        • Queen's Bench Ancient Indictments
        • Star Chamber [noted in calendar of assize indictments]
      • Equity and conciliar courts
        • Chancery Decrees and Orders
        • Chancery Depositions
        • Court of Requests
        • Court of Wards
        • Exchequer Bills and Answers
        • Star Chamber
      • Finance
        • Hearth Tax: Exchequer
        • Hearth Tax: Quarter Sessions
        • Inquisition: Exchequer
        • Land Tax
        • Lay Subsidy: Exchequer
        • Lexden Thurstable and Witham hundred half duty on houses and windows
        • Muster Rolls: Exchequer
        • Ship Money
      • Government and administration
        • Calendar State Papers Domestic
        • Calendar of Charter Rolls
        • Calendar of Close Rolls
        • Calendar of Fine Rolls
        • Calendar of Patent Rolls
        • Coroner's Inquisition Post Mortem
        • Inquisition re estate of Roger Harlakenden deceased
        • Ministers Accounts: abstract from rolls concerning Colne Priory
        • Patent Rolls
      • Commissions of the peace and quarter sessions
        • Freeholders
        • Quarter Sessions Books: Recognisances (not alehouse)
        • Quarter Sessions Bundles
        • Quarter Sessions Depositions
        • Quarter Sessions Order Book
        • Quarter Sessions Process Books of Indictments
        • Quarter Sessions Rolls
        • Quarter Sessions: Association Roll
        • Quarter Sessions: Bridge Book
        • Quarter Sessions: Enrolled Deeds
        • Quarter Sessions: Estreats of Fines
        • Quarter Sessions: Licences of alehouses and victuallers
        • Quarter Sessions: Oaths of Allegiance
      • Miscellaneous
        • Public Petition
      • 1841 Census
        • Earls Colne Census 1841
      • 1851 Census
        • Earls Colne Census 1851
    • Estate Records
      • Accounts (from 1375)
        • Colne Priory Accounts
        • Colne Priory Extracts
        • Earls Colne Accounts
        • Earls Colne Estreats
        • Earls Colne Extracts
        • Earls Colne Extreats
        • Extent of Earl of Oxford's Estate
      • Accounts (from 1603)
        • Colne Priory Manor: Fine Book
        • Colne Priory extracts
        • Earls Colne Manor: Fine Book
        • Harlakenden Account Book
      • Copyhold property (Colne Priory Manor from 1489)
        • Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls
      • Copyhold property (Colne Priory Manor from 1604)
        • Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls
        • Colne Priory Manor: Index of Admissions
      • Copyhold Property (Earls Colne Manor from 1401)
        • Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls
      • Copyhold Property (Earls Colne Manor from 1603)
        • Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls
      • Freehold property (both manors)
        • Freehold Titles
      • Survey of rights (both manors from c1380)
        • Colne Priory Rental
        • Earls Colne Manor Court Roll
        • Earls Colne Rental
        • Gilberts Tenement Rental
        • Terrier to accompany Map of Earls Colne and Colne Priory Manors
      • Survey of rights (both manors from 1615)
        • Earls Colne and Colne Priory rental
      • Retrospective manorial survey (both manors 1854)
        • Rental of the Manors of Earls Colne and Colne Priory
      • Estate maps
        • Maps
      • Miscellaneous
        • Chancery Depositions - copy
    • Personal Records
      • Diary of Ralph Josselin
        • Diary of Ralph Josselin
      • Burial sermon for Mrs Smithea Harlakenden
        • Sermon
  • Indices
    • Chronological index
    • Alphabetical index of individuals
      • Forenames
      • Surnames
    • Searching for unindexed people
    • Alphabetical index of land
    • Searchable map of Earls Colne
    • Searchable street plan
  • Reference
    • Church records
      • Overview
      • Articles
      • Records of church administration and finance
      • Records of plenary or instance jurisdiction
      • Mere office or summary correction records
      • Church as registry: documents of record concerning testaments
      • Church as registry: baptisms, marriages and burials
      • Church as licensing authority
      • Church as poor law administrator
      • Tithe award
      • Conclusions
      • References
      • Further reading
    • State records
      • Overview
        • Government and Administration: Parliament and Council
        • Chancery
        • Records of the Secretary of State
        • The state records of Earls Colne
      • Records of finance
      • The common law courts
      • Equity and concilliar courts
      • Commissions of the peace and quarter sessions
      • Nineteenth century censuses
      • References
      • Further reading
    • Estate records
      • Overview
      • Survey of rights
      • Accounts
      • Freehold property
      • Copyhold property
      • Conclusions
      • References and further reading
    • Personal records
      • Introduction
      • The Nature of the Diary
      • Accuracy and Coverage
      • Village Background and People
      • Major Themes of the Diary
      • Further Topics in Josselin's Diary
      • Previous Editions and Commentaries
      • Sermon for Mrs Smithea Harlakenden
    • Glossary of Obscure Terms
    • Historical Documents: their nature and quality
    • Conventions and abbreviations
      • Spelling and Transcription
      • Abbreviations
      • Dates
      • Time
      • Numbers and Qualifiers
      • Money
      • Length
      • Area
      • Volume
      • Weight
      • Hearth tax
    • Copyright
    • Maps and Images
      • Sections of a Map of Earls Colne and Colne
      • Black and White Photographs of Houses in Earls Colne taken in 1980
      • Outside the main village
• Table of contents