Early Yorkshire Charters

Published in thirteen volumes (1914–65), this extensive and highly regarded series contains charters and deeds from pre-thirteenth-century Yorkshire.

William Farrer (Edited by)

9781108058353, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 March 2013

302 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.6 cm, 0.49 kg

This thirteen-volume series, which first appeared between 1914 and 1965, is an extensive collection of the pre-thirteenth-century charters and related records of Yorkshire, which had previously remained largely unpublished. The first three volumes were edited by William Farrer (1861–1924), after whose death Charles Travis Clay (1885–1978) took up the task. The series was well respected for the quality of Farrer's editing, which was surpassed only by that of Clay in the later volumes. The lack of an index was considered by many reviewers to be the only shortcoming to Farrer's work, and so the present volume, a thorough index to the first three volumes, was published in 1942. Assisted by his niece, Clay indexed the content by persons and places (persons are further distinguished by description and occupation), source and chart pedigree.

Introduction
Index of persons and places
Index of descriptions and occupations
Index of chart pedigrees
Index of royal writs and charters and of final concords
Index of sources.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]