A HANDLIST OF CUSTUMALS AND BOROUGH LAW SOURCES
These are categorized by county, in alphabetical order. The archival reference number is in bold, followed by bibliographic information about its printed edition(s), if applicable. This list is very much a work in progress. I'm discovering old sources and adding them to this list frequently.
BRISTOL
Bristol
Bristol Record Office 04718
Bickley, Francis B., ed. The Little Red Book of Bristol. 2 vols. Bristol: W.C. Hemmons, 1900.
Bristol Record Office 04721
Ralph, Elizabeth, ed. The Great White Book of Bristol. Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1979.
Bristol Record Office 04719
Veale, Edward William Wodehouse, ed. The Great Red Book of Bristol. Bristol Record Society, Vol. II. Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1931.
Bickley, Francis B., ed. The Little Red Book of Bristol. 2 vols. Bristol: W.C. Hemmons, 1900.
Bristol Record Office 04721
Ralph, Elizabeth, ed. The Great White Book of Bristol. Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1979.
Bristol Record Office 04719
Veale, Edward William Wodehouse, ed. The Great Red Book of Bristol. Bristol Record Society, Vol. II. Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1931.
DEVON
Exeter
Devon Record Office Misc. Roll 2
Schopp, Jacob Wilhelm, ed. The Anglo-Norman Custumal of Exeter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1925.
Schopp, Jacob Wilhelm, ed. The Anglo-Norman Custumal of Exeter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1925.
DUBLIN, Ireland
Dublin City Archives
The Chain Book
Gilbert, John Thomas. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, Vol. I. 1889.
Dublin City Archives
The White Book
Gilbert, John Thomas. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, Vol. I. 1889.
The Chain Book
Gilbert, John Thomas. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, Vol. I. 1889.
Dublin City Archives
The White Book
Gilbert, John Thomas. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, Vol. I. 1889.
ESSEX
Colchester
Essex Record Office D/B 5 R2
Benham, W. Gurney, ed. The Red Paper Book of Colchester. Colchester: Essex County Standard Office, 1902.
Essex Record Office D/B 5 R1
Benham, W. Gurney, ed. The Oath Book, or Red Parchment Book of Colchester. Colchester: Essex County Standard Office, 1907.
Benham, W. Gurney, ed. The Red Paper Book of Colchester. Colchester: Essex County Standard Office, 1902.
Essex Record Office D/B 5 R1
Benham, W. Gurney, ed. The Oath Book, or Red Parchment Book of Colchester. Colchester: Essex County Standard Office, 1907.
Maldon
Essex Record Office TS 56/1 (microfilm)
Essex Record Office D/B 3/1/3
The White Book of Maldon
Alsford, Stephen, ed. Ancient usages and customs of the borough of Maldon. Last modified September 20, 2009. http://users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/maldon6.html.
Essex Record Office D/B 3/1/3
The White Book of Maldon
Alsford, Stephen, ed. Ancient usages and customs of the borough of Maldon. Last modified September 20, 2009. http://users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/maldon6.html.
HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth
British Library MS Add 8153, ff. 45-46
The Record of Portsmouth
"Custommys and Usages mad the yer of our Lord MCC..."
The Record of Portsmouth
"Custommys and Usages mad the yer of our Lord MCC..."
Southampton
TBD
Chapman, Annie Beatrice Wallis., ed. The Black Book of Southampton. 3 vols. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1912-15.
Southampton Archives Office SC 2/1/1
Studer, Paul, ed. The Oak Book of Southampton of c. A.D. 1300. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1911.
Chapman, Annie Beatrice Wallis., ed. The Black Book of Southampton. 3 vols. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1912-15.
Southampton Archives Office SC 2/1/1
Studer, Paul, ed. The Oak Book of Southampton of c. A.D. 1300. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1911.
Winchester
British Library MS Add 6036
Bird, William Henry Benbow, ed. The Black Book of Winchester: British Museum, additional ms. 6036. Winchester: Warren and Son Limited, 1925.
Winchester College 1004
Furley, John Sampson and Ernest William Patchett, eds. The Ancient Usages of the City of Winchester: From the Anglo-French Version Preserved in Winchester College. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927.
Bird, William Henry Benbow, ed. The Black Book of Winchester: British Museum, additional ms. 6036. Winchester: Warren and Son Limited, 1925.
Winchester College 1004
Furley, John Sampson and Ernest William Patchett, eds. The Ancient Usages of the City of Winchester: From the Anglo-French Version Preserved in Winchester College. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927.
KENT
Dover
British Library MS Stowe 850, ff. 133-142
Jones, John Bavington, ed. "The Dover Customal." In The Records of Dover: The Charters, Record Books and Papers of the Corporation, with the Dover Customal, pp. 97-110. Dover: Dover Express Works, 1920.
Jones, John Bavington, ed. "The Dover Customal." In The Records of Dover: The Charters, Record Books and Papers of the Corporation, with the Dover Customal, pp. 97-110. Dover: Dover Express Works, 1920.
Fordwich
TBD
Woodruff, Charles Eveleigh, ed. "Custumale Villae de Fordemico." In A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich: With a Transcription of the XVth Century Copy of the Custumal, pp. 235-281. Canterbury: Cross & Jackson, 1895.
Woodruff, Charles Eveleigh, ed. "Custumale Villae de Fordemico." In A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich: With a Transcription of the XVth Century Copy of the Custumal, pp. 235-281. Canterbury: Cross & Jackson, 1895.
New Romney
Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidenstone CPc i.4
Forsett, John. The Custumal of New Romney. Edited by F.W. Jessup. Kent: Kent Archaeological Society (Vol. 16 supplement), 1945.
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge MS G.V 69.
Murray, K.M. Elisabeth, ed. Register of Daniel Rough: Common Clerk of Romney, 1353-1380. Kent Archaeological Society (Vol. 16). Ashford: Headley Brothers, 1945.
Forsett, John. The Custumal of New Romney. Edited by F.W. Jessup. Kent: Kent Archaeological Society (Vol. 16 supplement), 1945.
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge MS G.V 69.
Murray, K.M. Elisabeth, ed. Register of Daniel Rough: Common Clerk of Romney, 1353-1380. Kent Archaeological Society (Vol. 16). Ashford: Headley Brothers, 1945.
Sandwich
TBD
Boys, William. "The Customal of Sandwich." In Collections for an History of Sandwich of Kent: With Notices of the Other Cinque Ports and Members, and of Richborough, pp. 494-579. Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby, and Jones, 1792.
Boys, William. "The Customal of Sandwich." In Collections for an History of Sandwich of Kent: With Notices of the Other Cinque Ports and Members, and of Richborough, pp. 494-579. Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby, and Jones, 1792.
LEICESTERSHIRE
Leicester
Leicestershire Record Office BRII/3/2
Vellum Book of Leicester
Vellum Book of Leicester
LINCOLNSHIRE
Lincoln
Lincolnshire Archives Office
The White Book of Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral Library MS 169 (C.1.14)
The Burwarmote Book
Latin title: STATUTA ET PLACITA
The White Book of Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral Library MS 169 (C.1.14)
The Burwarmote Book
Latin title: STATUTA ET PLACITA
LONDON
London Metropolitan Archives COL/CS/01/012; Microfilm X112/020; X112/021
Riley, Henry Thomas, ed. Liber albus: The White Book of the City of London. London: Richard Griffin and Co., 1861.
Riley, Henry Thomas, ed. Liber albus: The White Book of the City of London. London: Richard Griffin and Co., 1861.
NORFOLK
King's Lynn
TBD
Holcombe, Ingleby, ed. The Red Register of King’s Lynn. 2 vols. London: Thew, 1922.
Holcombe, Ingleby, ed. The Red Register of King’s Lynn. 2 vols. London: Thew, 1922.
Norwich
Norfolk Record Office
Book of Pleas, ff. 89-97v (link online)
"Laws and Customs used and upheld in the city of Norwich since ancient times"
Book of Pleas, ff. 89-97v (link online)
"Laws and Customs used and upheld in the city of Norwich since ancient times"
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Northampton
TBD
Markham, Christopher A., ed. Liber Custumarum: The Book of the Ancient Usages and Customes of the Town of Northampton, from the Earliest Record to 1448. Northampton: Taylor & Son, the Dryden Press, 1895.
Markham, Christopher A., ed. Liber Custumarum: The Book of the Ancient Usages and Customes of the Town of Northampton, from the Earliest Record to 1448. Northampton: Taylor & Son, the Dryden Press, 1895.
SOMERSET
Bath
Longleat House 62 MS 55, no. 28
Liber Rubeus Bathoniae (The Red Book of Bath)
Liber Rubeus Bathoniae (The Red Book of Bath)
SUFFOLK
Ipswich
The National Archives, Kew, HCA 12/1
Twiss, Travers, ed. “Le Domesday de Gippewtz.” In The Black Book of the Admiralty, pp. 16-209, Volume II. London: Longman and Co., 1873.
British Library MS Add 25012
Ipswich custumal (French)
British Library MS Add 25011
Ipswich custumal (English)
Twiss, Travers, ed. “Le Domesday de Gippewtz.” In The Black Book of the Admiralty, pp. 16-209, Volume II. London: Longman and Co., 1873.
British Library MS Add 25012
Ipswich custumal (French)
British Library MS Add 25011
Ipswich custumal (English)
SUSSEX
Pevensey
British Library MS Add 34149, ff. 62-67
Larking, Lambert B., ed. “The Custumal of Pevensey, as delivered to the Lord Warden at Dover Castle, in 1356.” In Sussex Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, pp. 209-218. Vol. 4. London: John Russell Smith, 1851.
Larking, Lambert B., ed. “The Custumal of Pevensey, as delivered to the Lord Warden at Dover Castle, in 1356.” In Sussex Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, pp. 209-218. Vol. 4. London: John Russell Smith, 1851.
Winchelsea
British Library Cotton MS. Julius B. iv., ff. 15-20
Lyon, John. The History of the Town and Port of Dover and of Dover Castle: With a Short Account of the Cinque Ports, pp. 870-887. Vol. 2. Ledger, 1814.
Lyon, John. The History of the Town and Port of Dover and of Dover Castle: With a Short Account of the Cinque Ports, pp. 870-887. Vol. 2. Ledger, 1814.
WARWICKSHIRE
Warwick
TBD
Kemp, Thomas, ed. The Black Book of Warwick. Warwick: H.T. Cook and Son, 1898.
Kemp, Thomas, ed. The Black Book of Warwick. Warwick: H.T. Cook and Son, 1898.
