THE RECORD SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
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THE SOCIETY
The Society was founded in 1878 to transcribe and publish original documents relating to the two palatine counties. 133 volumes have now been published, making available a wide range of sources, important for any study of North West England. To maintain its aim of publishing a volume each year the Society depends largely on the continuing support of its individual and institutional subscribers.
The subscription for the current year is:
Individual £15 UK
£20 overseasInstitutional
£20 UK
£25 overseasMembers receive the appropriate published volumes for which their subscriptions have been paid, and may purchase additional volumes at preferential rates.
Volumes in print are available (plus postage & packing) from :
Dr. Fiona Pogson
Department of History
Hope University College
Stand Park Road
Liverpool L16 9JD
Tel +44 (0)151 291 3115
Email pogsonf@hope.ac.uk.
Please note that whilst volumes are posted as soon as possible there may be a delay due to pressure of work.For membership queries please e mail : rslc@lineone.net
PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT.
Prices given are the normal retail price. Preferential rates are available for members, and booksellers receive the normal trade discount. The cost of postage and packing are normally added.
Volume No |
Book Title, author(s), date of publication and price. |
none members |
members |
|
110, 112, 114 |
The great diurnal of Nicholas Blundell of Little Crosby, 1702-28, eds. Tyrer, F. and Bagley, JJ, 1968-72. Volumes 110 and 112 are available in paperback. Volume 114 is hardback only | £9.95 | £7 per volume |
|
111 |
Chester customs accounts, 1301-1566, ed. Wilson, KP, 1969 | £5 | £2 |
|
113 |
Index to wills and administrations formerly preserved in the probate registry, Chester, 1826-30, ed. Dickinson, R, 1972 | £5 | £2 |
|
115 |
Marriage bonds for the deaneries
of Lonsdale, Kendal, Furness, Copeland and Amounderness in the
archdeaconry of Richmond now preserved at Preston pt.vii, 1746-55, ed.
Dickinson, R, 1975 (parts I-VI (volumes 74, 75, 80, 81, 83, 100) are out of print) |
£5 | £2 |
|
116 |
Letters and accounts of William Brereton of Malpas, 1523-45, ed. Ives, EW, 1977 | £9 | £5 |
|
117 |
The registers of estates of
Lancashire papists, 1717-1788, vol iii 1717 with a list of persons
registered, 1717-85, ed. Sharpe France, R, 1977 (vols I-II (volumes 98 and 108) are out of print) |
£9 | £5 |
|
118 |
Index to wills and administrations formerly preserved in the probate registry, Chester, 1831-33, ed. Dickinson, R, and Dickinson, F, 1978 prefaced by a History of the Society & Guide to Publications volumes I - CXVII 1878-1977, Harris, BE | £9 | £5 |
|
119 |
Northwich Hundred poll tax 1660, and hearth tax 1664, ed. Lawton, GO, 1979 (ISBN 0902593 08 0) | £5 | £2 |
|
124 |
Stockport probate records,
1578-1619, vol 1, ed. Phillips, CB and Smith, JH, 1985 (ISBN 0902593 4
5) (Vol. 2 see 131 below). If purchased with volume 2, |
£8 £15 |
£5 £9 |
|
125 |
Account of Master John de Burnham the younger, Chamberlain of Chester, of the revenues of the Counties of Chester and Flint, 1361-2, ed Booth, PHW, and Carr, AD, 1991 (ISBN 0902593 20 X) | £10 | £5 |
|
126 |
The charters of the Norman Earls of Chester, ed. Barraclough, G, 1988 (ISBN 0902593 17 X) | £15 | £10 |
|
127 |
The diary of Henry Prescott
LLB,
deputy registrar of Chester Diocese, 1704-1711, vol 1, ed. Addy, J, 1987
(ISBN 0902593 16 1) volumes 2 and 3 (volumes 132 and 133 below) |
£8 £45 |
£5 £25 |
|
128 |
The letter books of Sir William
Brereton, vol 2 and index, ed. Dore, RN, 1990 (ISBN 0902593 19 6) vol 1 (vol 123) and vol 2 |
£20 £55 |
£10 £35 |
|
129 |
Odyssey of an Edwardian Liberal: the political diary of Richard Durning Holt, MP, ed. Dutton, DJ, 1990 (ISBN 0902593 18 8) | £18 | £10 |
|
130 |
The Autobiography of Benjamin Shaw mechanic of Dent, Dolphinholme and Preston, ed. Crosby, AG, 1991 (ISBN 0902593 21 8) | £20 | £10 |
| extra | The Earldom of Chester and its Charters: a tribute to Geoffrey Barraclough, ed. Thacker, AT, 1991 (Companion to volume 126 above. Published by the Chester Archaeological Society. Copies are available hardbound in Record Society livery) | £25 | £25 |
|
131 |
Stockport probate records,
1620-50, vol 2, ed. Phillips, CB and Smith, JH, 1993. With subject index and glossary to volumes 1 and 2 (ISBN 0902593 22 6) (with vol 1 (volume 124 above) £9 members/£15 non members) |
£10 £15 |
£5 £9 |
|
132 |
The diary of Henry Prescott, vol
2, ed. Addy, J, and McNiven, P, 1994 (ISBN 0902593 23 4) vols 1, 2 and 3 (volume 127 above and 133 below) |
£15 £45 |
£10 £25 |
|
133 |
The diary of Henry Prescott, vol
3, ed. Addy, J, and McNiven, P, 1996. Latin text transcribed and
translated by John Harrop, with index to vols 1-3 (ISBN 0902593 28 5) (with vols 1
2 and 3 (see volume 127 and 132 above) |
£25
£45 |
£15
£25 |
|
134 |
The papers of Sir Richard Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, 1st bart, 1585-1645, ed. Cust, R, 1996 (ISBN 0902593 33 1) | £20 | £10 |
| 135 | The Account Book
of Clement Taylor of Finsthwaite, 1712-42 ed Martin Mrs J.D.
(1997) ISBN 0902593 38 2 (for the subscription year 1997) |
£35 | £15 |
|
136 |
Liverpool Town Book 1649-71 ed. Power, M. 1999 ISBN 0 902593 43 9 (£15 plus £3.10 post & packing) | £35 | £15 |
| 137 | Prescot Churchwardens Accounts 1634-1663 ed Steel T. 2002 ISBN 0 902593 48 X | £35 | £15 |
| 138 | Accounts of the Manor and Hundred of Macclesfield 1361-1362 ed. Paul Booth (subscription year 2000) | £25 | £15 |
| 139 |
Memoranda books of Basil Thomas Eccleston, 1757 - 89, ed Gritt, A and Virgoe, J., 2004, ISBN 0 902593 58 7 (for subscription year 2001) |
£30 | £15 |
| 140 | The Extent of
Longdendale, 1360, ed. John Harrop with Paul Booth and Sylvia Harrop, 2005,
ISBN 0 902593 63 3 (for subscription year 2002) |
£25 | £15 |
| 141 |
Churchwardens’
accounts of Walton-on-the-Hill [Liverpool] 1627 - 67 |
£30 | £15 |
| 142 | Jacobites and Jacobins: Two
Eighteenth-Century Perspectives: The Memoir of Walter Shairp:
The Story of the Liverpool Regiment during the Jacobite
Rebellion of 1745 ed. Oates, J. and The Writings of the
Cragg Family of Wyresdale ed. Navickas K., 2006,
ISBN 0 902593 73 0 (for subscription year 2004) |
£25 | £15 |
NOTE : Postage is an additional cost, and will be charged at the cheapest
rate unless the Society's stockholder is advised that customers require quicker
delivery.
The Society has experienced technical difficulties in the publication programme of its outstanding volumes but the following volumes are due this year :
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
- The proceedings of the Board of Health, Manchester, 1831-2,
ed. Kidd, A and Wyke, T. Covering the cholera epidemic (2004)
-
Wrenbury Wills and Inventories c 1550 – 1660, ed. Pixton, P.
-
Accounts of Cranage Forge, c. 1728-34, ed. Sutton, J.
The Society's general editor is :
Mr. Peter McNiven, The Vicarage, 1 Heol Masant, Pontiets, Llanelli,
Carmarthenshire SA15 5SB.
He is always pleased to receive proposals for scholarly texts which the
Society will consider for publication.
The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
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This page updated 12 March, 2008