The 1851 Religious Census of Northamptonshire
Edited by Graham S. Ward, 2007.

One of the main features of Victorian local history was the balance between the religious denominations, which varied from place to place. The one and only a religious census was taken in the county of Northamptonshire was in 1851. This exercise was undertaken alongside the regular census, taken every ten years from 1801.

This Victor Hatley Memorial Volume gives a synopsis of the returns of each place of religious worhsip in every place in the county. The editor, Graham Ward, explains the problems inherent in the way the census was designed and looks at the issues raised by this one and only attempt to measure religious allegiance with statistical precision.
Price £9.50.

Early Northampton Wills
Edited by R.L. Greenall, 2005.

In Northamptonshire Record Office is a bound volume containing more than 600 wills from the period 1462 to 1509. For a number of years a group of enthusiasts transcribed and translated 145 of the wills of people who lived in the town of Northampton. Most are in Latin; these transcriptions and translations form the core of this book.

The wills are mainly of trades-people with a sprinkling of priests and minor gentry, and 27 were made by women, mainly well-to-do widows. Analysis of these wills has revealed much about the lives of the people in 15th century Northampton and the town itself.
Price £9.50.

The Rev. John Mastin was the author of the first parish history in Northamptonshire, his History of Naseby appearing in 1792. Little was known about his life until the deposit of his manuscript Memoirs in the County Record Office a few years ago. So engaging and informative are these that it was decided to publish them, together with a reprint of the first edition of his History, and an appraisal of his account of the great battle.

This Victor Hatley Memorial Volume is of interest to students of rural life and the Church in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and to those interested in the Battle of Naseby.
Price £9.50.

The White Book of Peterborough
Edited by Sandra Raban, 2001.

The White Book, one of the notable surviving records from Peterborough Abbey, comprises two registers compiled between 1295 and 1321 for Abbot William of Woodford and Abbot Godfrey of Crowland.  Its varied contents range from the abbey's domestic business to copies of documents of far wider significance. 
Price £15.

The Correspondence of Lord Fitzwilliam and Francis Guybon his Steward 1697 to 1709.
Edited by D.R. Hainsworth and Cherry Walker, 1990.

Letters between the first Earl Fitzwilliam and the man who managed his Peterborough and other estates reveal the close interest the Earl took in day-to-day affairs on them.
Members £15; Non-members £18.

The Cartulary of Daventry Priory
Edited by M.J. Franklin, 1988.

Over a hundred administrative acts of the priors of this Cluniac house, from the late 12th to the late 15th century, (Latin with brief synopses in English)
Members £15; Non-members £18.

The Red Earl, The Papers of the Fifth Earl Spencer, Part Two (1885 to 1910)
Edited by Peter Gordon, 1986.

As well as being one of the greatest landowners in the county, Lord Spencer was a leader of the Liberal Party and came close to succeeding Gladstone.
Members £15; Non-members £18.

Peterborough Obedientary Accounts of the 14th and 15th Centuries
Edited by Joan Greatrex, 1983.

In the original Latin, with an introduction in English (an Anthony Mellows Memorial volume).  Orders for this should be sent to:

Chapter Clerk, 12 Minster Precincts, Peterborough PE1 1XS.

Members £9.00

A Northampton Miscellany
Edited by Edmund King, 1982.

1. The Estate Records of the Hotot family, ed. Edmund King.
2. The Daventry Tithing Book, 1700-1818, ed. R.L. Greenall.
3. Nassaburgh Militia Lists, 1762, ed. Victor A. Hatley with B.G. Statham.
Members £5.00; Non-members £7.50

The Red Earl, The Papers of the Fifth Earl Spencer, Part One (1835 to 1885)
Edited by Peter Gordon, 1981.

As well as being one of the greatest landowners in the county, Lord Spencer was a leader of the Liberal Party and came close to succeeding Gladstone.
Members £10; Non-members £15.

The Puritans in the Diocese of Peterborough 1558-1610
Edited by W.J. Sheils, 1979.

An important study of Puritanism in Northamptonshire and the former Soke of Peterborough.
Members £7.50; Non-members £10.00

Calendar of the Correspondence of Philip Doddridge D.D. 1702-1751
G.F. Nuttall, 1979.

A calendar of nearly 2000 letters to and from Doddridge, who was a minister in Northampton from 1729 to shortly before his death in 1751.  Published in conjunction with the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

Obtainable from HMSO only.

The Cartularies & Registers of Peterborough Abbey
Janet Martin, 1978.

A descriptive account of the manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough.  The first of the volumes on the records of Peterborough published on behalf of the Dean and Chapter (an Anthony Mellows Memorial volume). Orders for this volume should be sent to:

Chapter Clerk, 12 Minster Precincts, Peterborough PE1 1XS.

Members £6.00

Northamptonshire Lieutenancy Papers and Other Documents 1580-1614
Edited by J.J. Goring and Joan Wake, 1975.

The workings of the Northamptonshire Musters during the Armada period, with papers which passed between Sir Christopher Hatton (Lord Lieutenant from 1586-1591) and his deputies.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00

Luffield Priory Charters, Part II
Edited with an Introduction by G.R. Elvey, 1975.

A wide range of charters, leases, and court rolls dealing with the affairs of the Benedictine Priory of Luffield on the Buckinghamshire-Northamptonshire border.  In original Latin with English summaries. (In conjunction with the Buckinghamshire Record Society).
Members £4.00; Non-members £6.00

Northamptonshire Militia Lists 1777
Edited by V.A. Hatley, 1973

Transcriptions of the lists completed by parish constables in each town or village, with analyses of crafts and trades for each Hundred, glossary, and index of surnames.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00

The Letters of Daniel Eaton to the Third Earl of Cardigan
Edited by Joan Wake, with a note on the language by Deborah Champion Webster, 1971.

166 letters from the Steward to the owner of a large estate giving a vivid picture of Northamptonshire society in the early 18th century.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00

The Royal Forests of Northamptonshire in the 16th and 17th Centuries
P.A.J. Pettit, 1968.

A monograph examining the development and exploitation of forest lands under the Tudors and Stuarts and the impact of the Crown's policy on the life of the country.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00.

Luffield Priory Charters, Part I
Edited with an Introduction by G.R. Elvey, 1968.

A wide range of charters, leases, and court rolls dealing with the affairs of the Benedictine Priory of Luffield on the Buckinghamshire-Northamptonshire border.  In original Latin with English summaries. (In conjunction with the Buckinghamshire Record Society).
Members £3.00; Non-members £6.00

John Isham, Mercer and Merchant Adventurer
Edited with an Introduction by G.D. Ramsay, 1962.

Two account books of a London merchant in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I reveal the fortunes of the younger son of a landowner who left Northamptonshire at 16 for the City of London. He returned after 30 years to buy the manor of Lamport.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00.

Carte Nativorum. A Peterborough Cartulary of the 14th Century
Edited by C.N.L. Brooke and M.M. Postan, 1960.

A peasants' cartulary.  The 550 charters dating from the beginning of the 13th century afford evidence of widespread land transactions amongst the Abbey's manorial tenants.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00

Elizabethan Peterborough. The Dean and Chapter as Lords of the City
Edited with an Introduction by W.T. Mellows and Daphne Gifford, 1956.

The story of the transfer of the manorial lordship of Peterborough from the Abbots to the Dean and Chapter of the newly created Cathedral after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. An Anthony Mellows Memorial volume.
Members £3.00; Non-members £6.00.

The Correspondence of Bishop Brian Duppa and Sir Justinian Isham, 1650-1660
Edited by Sir Gyles Isham, 1955.

Letters of a Royalist bishop at Richmond during the eclipse of the Church of England under the Commonwealth to his Royalist friend at Lamport.
Members £6.00; Non-members £12.00.

The Foundation of Peterborough Cathedral, 1541
Edited with an Introction by W.T. Mellows, 1941; reprinted 1967.

An account of Henry VIII's creation of the See of Peterborough out of part fo the ancient See of Lincoln and the conversion of the Abbey Church into the new Cathedral, together with relevant documents.
Price £1.50