Society Volumes and Indices

Set out below is a list of all of the Society’s publications since it’s creation. Most publications are available in major libraries, sometimes through the second-hand book trade and third-party print-on-demand reprint.  The first 35 volumes are available digitally at www.archive.org.  We aim to make digital copies of more recent volumes, published up to the year 2000, available in due course.

A list of publications:

  1. Calendar of the register of John de Drokensford, bishop of Bath and Wells, A.D. 1309-1329.  Edited by Bishop Edmund Hobhouse, (1887)
  2. The survey and rental of the chantries, colleges and free chapels, guilds, fraternities, lamps, lights and obits in the county of Somerset as returned in the 2nd year of King Edward VI, A.D. 1548.  With an introduction by Emanuel Green, (1888)
  3. Kirby’s quest for Somerset.  Nomina Villarum for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd.  Exchequer Lay Subsidies 169/5, which is a tax roll for Somerset of the first year of Edward the 3rd.  County rate of 1742.  Hundreds and parishes etc. of Somerset as given in the census of 1841.  By F.H. Dickinson, (1889)
  4. Church-wardens’ accounts of Croscombe, Pilton, Yatton, Tintinhull, Morebath, and St. Michael’s, Bath, ranging from A.D. 1349 to 1560.  Edited by Bishop Hobhouse, (1890)
  5. Rentalia et Custumaria Michaelis de Ambresbury, 1235-1252, et Rogeri de Ford, 1252-1261, Abbatum Monasterii Beatae Mariae Glastoniae.  With an excursus on manorial tenures, by C.J. Elton, and introductory historical notes by Bishop Edmund Hobhouse and Thomas Scott Holmes, (1891)
  6. Pedes Finium, commonly called feet of fines, for the county of Somerset.  First series: Richard I to Edward I, A.D. 1196 to A.D. 1307.  By Emanuel Green, (1892)
  7. Two chartularies of the Priory of St. Peter at Bath.  I: The chartulary in ms. no. cxi in the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.  II. Calendar of the ms. register in the library of the Hon. Society of Lincoln’s Inn.  Edited by William Hunt, (1893)
  8. Two cartularies of the Augustinian Priory of Bruton and the Cluniac Priory of Montacute in the county of Somerset.  Edited by members of the council, (1894)
  9. The register of Ralph of Shrewsbury, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1329-1363.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, part 1, (1896)
  10. The register of Ralph of Shrewsbury, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1329-1363.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, part 2, (1896)
  11. Somersetshire pleas, civil and criminal, from the rolls of the itinerant justices, close of 12th century – 41 Henry III.  Edited by Charles E.H. Chadwyck-Healey, (1897)
  12. Pedes finium, commonly called feet of fines, for the county of Somerset.  Second series: 1 Edward II to 20 Edward III, A.D. 1307 to A.D. 1346.  By Emanuel Green, (1898)
  13. The registers of Walter Giffard, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1265-6, and of Henry Bowett, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1401-7.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, (1899)
  14. Two cartularies of the Benedictine abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the county of Somerset.  Edited by E.H. Bates, (1899)
  15. The particular description of the county of Somerset, drawn up by Thomas Gerard of Trent, 1633.  Edited by E.H. Bates, (1900)
  16. Somerset medieval wills.  First series: 1383-1500.  Edited by F.W. Weaver, (1901)
  17. Pedes finium, commonly called feet of fines, for the county of Somerset.  Third series: 21 Edward III to 20 Richard II, A.D. 1347-1399.  By Emanuel Green, (1902)
  18. Bellum civile.  Hopton’s narrative of his campaign in the west, 1642-1644, and other papers.  Edited by Charles E.H. Chadwyck-Healey, (1902)
  19. Somerset medieval wills.  Second series: 1501-1530, with some Somerset wills preserved at Lambeth.  Edited by F.W. Weaver, (1903)
  20. Certificate of musters in the county of Somerset, temp. Eliz., A.D. 1569.  Extracted, and with notes, by Emanuel Green,  (1904)
  21. Somerset medieval wills.  Third series: 1531-1558.  Edited by F.W. Weaver, (1905)
  22. Pedes finium, commonly called feet of fines, for the county of Somerset.  Fourth series: Henry IV to Henry VI.  By Emanuel Green, (1906)
  23. Quarter sessions records for the county of Somerset.  Volume I: James I, 1607-1625.  Edited by E.H. Bates, (1907)
  24. Quarter sessions records for the county of Somerset.  Volume II: Charles I, 1625-1639.  Edited by E.H. Bates Harbin, (1908)
  25. A cartulary of Buckland priory in the county of Somerset.  Edited by F.W. Weaver, (1909)
  26. A feodary of Glastonbury Abbey, 1342.  Edited by F.W. Weaver, with an introduction by C.H. Mayo, (1910)
  27. Proceedings in the court of star chamber in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.  Edited by Gladys Bradford, (1911)
  28. Quarter sessions records for the county of Somerset.  Volume III: Commonwealth, 1646-1660.  Edited by E.H. Bates Harbin, (1912)
  29. The register of Nicholas Bubwith, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1407-1424.  Volume I.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, (1914)
  30. The register of Nicholas Bubwith, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1407-1424.  Volume II.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, (1914)
  31. The register of John Stafford, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1425-1443.  Volume I.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, (1915)
  32. The register of John Stafford, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1425-1443.  Volume II.  Edited by Thomas Scott Holmes, (1916)
  33. Documents and extracts illustrating the history of the honour of Dunster.  Selected and edited by Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte, (1917-18)
  34. Quarter sessions records for the county of Somerset.  Volume IV: Charles II, 1666-1677.  Edited by M.C.B. Dawes, (1919)
  35. Two registers formerly belonging to the family of Beauchamp of Hatch.  Edited by Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte, (1920)
  36. Somersetshire pleas from the rolls of the itinerant justices.  Volume II: 41 Henry III to the end of the reign.  Edited by Lionel Landon, (1923)
  37. The life of Richard Kidder, D.D., bishop of Bath and Wells, written by himself.  Edited by Amy Edith Robinson, (1924)
  38. The accounts of the chamberlains of the city of Bath, 1568-1602.  Edited by F.D. Wardle, (1923)
  39. Collectanea i.  A collection of documents from various sources.  Arranged by T.F. Palmer, (1924)
  40. Medieval wills from Wells deposited in the diocesan registry, Wells, 1543 to 1546 and 1554 to 1556.  Edited by Dorothy O. Shilton and Richard Holworthy, (1925)
  41. Somersetshire pleas from the rolls of the itinerant justices.  Volume III: for the years 1 to 7 of the reign of Edward I inclusive.  Edited by Lionel Landon, (1926)
  42. Muchelney memoranda.  Edited, from a breviary of the abbey in the possession of J. Meade Falkner.  By B. Schofield, with an essay on Somerset medieval calendars by the dean of Wells [J. Armitage Robinson], (1927)
  43. Collectanea ii.  A collection of documents from various sources.  Arranged by T.F. Palmer, (1928)
  44. Somersetshire pleas from the rolls of the itinerant justices.  Volume IV, part I: for the 8th year of the reign of Edward I, civil pleas.  Edited by Lionel Landon, (1929)
  45. Mendip mining laws and forest bounds.  By J.W. Gough, (1931)
  46. Wells city charters.  By Dorothy O. Shilton and Richard Holworthy, (1932)
  47. Wulfric of Haselbury, by John, abbot of Ford.  Edited, with introduction and notes, by Maurice Bell, (1933)
  48. Bridgwater borough archives.  Volume 1, 1200-1377.  Edited by Thomas Bruce Dilks, (1933)
  49. The register of Thomas Bekynton, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1443-1465.  Part 1.  Edited by Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte and M.C.B. Dawes, (1934)
  50. The register of Thomas Bekynton, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1443-1465.  Part 2.  Edited by Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte and M.C.B. Dawes, (1935)
  51. Somerset enrolled deeds.  Edited by Sophia W. Bates Harbin, (1936)
  52. The registers of Robert Stillington, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1466-1491, and Richard Fox, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1492-1494.  Edited by Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte, (1937)
  53. Bridgwater borough archives.  Volume 2, 1377-1399.  Edited by Thomas Bruce Dilks, (1938)
  54. The registers of Oliver King, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1496-1503, and Hadrian de Castello, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1503-1518.  Edited by Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte, (1939)
  55. The registers of Thomas Wolsey, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1518-1523, John Clerke, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1523-1541, William Knyght, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1541-1547, and Gilbert Bourne, bishop of Bath and Wells, 1554-1559.  Edited by Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte, (1940)
  56. Dean Cosyn and Wells Cathedral miscellanea.  By Dom Aelred Watkin, (1941)
  57. Collectanea iii.  A collection of documents from various sources.  Arranged by T.F. Palmer, (1942)
  58. Bridgwater borough archives.  Volume 3, 1400-1445.  Edited by Thomas Bruce Dilks, (1945)
  59. The great chartulary of Glastonbury.  Volume 1.  Edited by Dom Aelred Watkin, (1947)
  60. Bridgwater borough archives.  Volume 4, 1445-1468.  Edited by Thomas Bruce Dilks, (1948)
  61. Stogursey charters.  Charters and other documents relating to the property of the alien priory of Stogursey, Somerset, now belonging to Eton College.  Edited by T.D. Tremlett and Noel Blakiston, (1949)
  62. Somerset wills from Exeter.  Edited by S.W. Rawlins and I. Fitzroy Jones, (1952)
  63. The great chartulary of Glastonbury.  Volume 2.  Edited by Dom Aelred Watkin, (1952)
  64. The great chartulary of Glastonbury.  Volume 3.  Edited by Dom Aelred Watkin, (1956)
  65. Somerset assize orders, 1629-1640.  Edited by Thomas G. Barnes, (1959)
  66. The medieval customs of the manors of Taunton and Bradford on Tone.  Edited by T.J. Hunt, (1962)
  67. Sales of wards in Somerset, 1603-1641.  Edited by M.J. Hawkins, (1965)
  68. The Hylle cartulary.  Edited by Robert W. Dunning, (1968)
  69. The letters of Sir Francis Hastings, 1574-1609.  Edited by Claire Cross, (1969)
  70. Bridgwater borough archives.  Volume 5: 1468-1485.  Edited by R.W. Dunning and T.D. Tremlett from transcripts originally made by T.B. Dilks, (1971)
  71. Somerset assize orders, 1640-1659.  Edited by J.S. Cockburn, (1971)
  72. Wells cathedral chapter act book, 1666-83.  Edited by Derrick Sherwin Bailey, (1973)
  73. Medieval deeds of Bath and district.  Part 1: Deeds of St. John’s hospital, calendared by B.R. Kemp.  Part 2: Deeds from the Walker-Heneage mss., edited by D.M.M. Shorrocks, (1974)
  74. The diary of John Harington, M.P., 1646-53, with notes for his charges.  Edited by Margaret F. Stieg, (1977)
  75. The Somersetshire quarterly meeting of the Society of Friends, 1668-1699.  Edited by Stephen C. Morland, (1978)
  76. Somerset maps: Day and Masters, 1782; Greenwood, 1822.  Introduction by J.B. Harley and R.W. Dunning, (1981)
  77. Calendar of Somerset chantry grants, 1548-1603.  Edited by G.H. Woodward, (1982)
  78. Wesleyans and Christians in south Somerset: accounts and minutes, 1808-1907.  Edited by M.D. Costen, (1984)
  79. The Monmouth rebels, 1685.  Compiled by W. Macdonald Wigfield, (1985)
  80. The Trevelyan letters to 1840.  Edited by Mary Siraut, (1990)
  81. Glastonbury Abbey records at Longleat House: a summary list.  By Kate Harris, with the assistance of William Smith, (1991)
  82. Sir Stephen Glynne’s church notes for Somerset.  Edited by Michael McGarvie, (1994)
  83. Wookey manor and parish, 1544-1841.  By Joan Hasler, (1995)
  84. Bishop Still’s visitation, 1594, and the ‘smale booke’ of the Clerk of the Peace for Somerset, 1593-5.  Edited by Derek Shorrocks, (1998)
  85. The cartulary of Forde Abbey.  Edited by Steven Hobbs, (1998)
  86. The diary & memoirs of John Allen Giles.  Edited by David Bromwich, (2000)
  87. Wells Corporation properties.  Edited by Anthony J. Scrase and Joan Hasler, (2002)
  88. Two Tudor subsidy assessments for the county of Somerset: 1558 and 1581-82.  Edited by Adrian James Webb, (2002)
  89. Somerset wills, extracted by A.J. Monday.  Edited by Mary Siraut, (2003)
  90. Wells convocation acts books, 1589-1665, part 1: 1589-1629.  Edited by Anthony Nott and Joan Hasler, (2004)
  91. Wells convocation acts books, 1589-1665, part 2: 1629-44; 1662-65.  Edited by Anthony Nott and Joan Hasler, (2004)
  92. Architectural records of Wells by John Carter, F.S.A., 1784-1808.  By Warwick Rodwell and Gerard Leighton, (2006)
  93. The manors of Norton St Philip and Hinton Charterhouse, 1535-1691.  Edited by Colin J. Brett, (2007)
  94. Somerset wills II, extracted by Miss Olive M. Moger.  Edited by A.J. Webb, (2008)
  95. Church accounts, 1457-1559.  Edited by R.W. Dunning and M.B. McDermott, (2013)
  96. Crown revenues from Somerset and Dorset, 1605.  Edited by Colin J. Brett, (2012)
  97. Maritime surveys, charts and sailing directions of the Somerset coast, circa 1350-1824.  By Adrian James Webb, (2014)
  98. Handlist of Somerset probate inventories and administrators’ accounts, 1482-1924.  By Adrian James Webb, (2019)
  99. Bath & Wells Ordinations, 1465-1526. Edited by Robert Dunning, (2021)
  100. Records of agriculture, justice, religion and trade: A Centenary Collection (2023)
  101. Clothiers & Merchants in Spanish Cloth, 1627-1665 (2023)
  102. Somerset Wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1501-1569 Edited by Colin J Brett (2024)
  103. Somerset Wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1548-1576 Edited by Colin J Brett (2025)

Extra Series:

Historical notes on some Somerset manors formerly connected with the honour of Dunster.  By Sir H.C. Maxwell-Lyte, (1931)

The Acland Family; Maps and Surveys 1720-1840. Edited by Mary R Ravenhill and Margery M Rowe. (2006) Published by the Devon and Cornwall Record Society in association with the Somerset Record Society

National, local, family: history from Somerset’s bishops’ registers, 1254-1559, by Robert Dunning, 2022

Indices:

For some years we have made available through this website an index for Volume 1, ‘An index of the calendar of the register of John de Drokensford’.  Recently, Mary Siraut, County Editor of the Victoria County History of Somerset, who has produced a number of additional indices for her own use, has offered them to us to use in a similar way.  We are extremely thankful to Mary for this extremely kind offer and now include them below.  They are all in .pdf format and can be easily downloaded by you.  They are:

Volume 1 – An Index to the Calendar of the Register of John de Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells (A.D. 1309-29), edited by Bishop Edmund Hobhouse, 1887.

Volume 3 – A general index to Kirby’s quest for Somerset and other documents.  F. H. Dickinson (1889).

Volume 6 – A revised index for Pedes Finium or Feet of Fines for Somerset, First Series.   Emanuel Green (1892).

Volume 12 – A place index to Pedes Finium or Feet of Fines for Somerset, Second Series. Emanuel Green (1898).

Volume 17 – A place index to Pedes Finium or Feet of Fines for Somerset, Third Series.  Emanuel Green (1902).

Volume 22 – A place index to Pedes Finium or Feet of Fines for Somerset, Fourth Series.  Emanuel Green (1906).

Volume 57 – A General index to Collectanea iii. A collection of documents from various sources. Arranged by T.F. Palmer, (1942).

Volume 62 – A place index to Somerset Wills from Exeter.  S. W. Rawlins & I. Fitzroy Jones (1952).

Somerset Record Society AGM minutes: