Rutland Local History & Record Society
Copyright © Rutland Local History and Record Society
Registered Charity No 700273
Occasional Publications
No 1: Domesday Book in Rutland: the dramatis personae
by Prince Yuri Galitzine (1986) No longer available
No 2: The Oakham Survey 1305 - Ed. by Allen Chinnery (1988)
Medieval survey: population: occupations; topography: customs, and
personal/place-name evidence
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No 3:The Rutland Hearth Tax 1665
Ed. by Jill Bourne & Amanda Goode (1991).
Population details and payment information for every household in each
village and town, with an introduction.
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No 4: The History of Gilson's Hospital, Morcott - by David Parkin (1995).
The story of this small charity, founded in 1612 and still operating, its
almshouse, trustees, clerks, agents and beneficiaries, and its farm at
Scredington, Lincs;foundation deed; George Gilson and his Will.
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No 5: Lyndon, Rutland - A Guide By Charles Mayhew (1999).
The Village Scene, St Martin's Church, Church Restorations, William Whiston
and Thomas Barker, Lyndon Today.
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No 6: The History of the Hospital of St John the Evangelist and of
St Anne in Okeham - By David Parkin (2000).
Published to celebrate the still-flourishing 600-year old charity, founded in 1399
and revived in 1597: its history, chapel and archives; schedules of trustees and
beneficiaries.
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No 7: The 1712 Land Tax for Rutland, with Poll Book for 1710
Edited by T H McK Clough (2005).
Introduction by Dennis Mills; editorial commentary on this rare Land Tax
survival and the 1710 poll book; transcripts for each parish (prepared by the
Village Studies Group for Rutland); indexes of clergy, trades, field and place
names, personal names.
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No 8: Common Right and Private Interest: Rutland’s Open Fields and their Enclosure
By Ian Ryder September (2006)
History of the county’s common fields in the context of agricultural
development through the centuries, explaining the factors that caused them to
be enclosed, with case studies of Greetham,Lyddington, Caldecott &
Uppingham, and Thorpe-by-Water, estate maps and photographs,as well as
transcripts of some relevant archives. There is a full listing of the sequence of
enclosure for each Rutland parish, and there are subject, place and personal
name indexes.
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No 9: Who Owned Rutland in 1873?
Rutland Entries in Return of Owners of Land 1873 - By T H McK Clough (2010).
Transcript of the Rutland section of the 1873 Return of Owners of Land, with
notes on most of the 563 entries. Analysis of who they were, where they came
from and what they did. Special sections on Lyddington parish and on a
mysterious group of small landowners with strong Gloucestershire
connections. Illustrations, many tables, index of addresses.
(A4 paperback, 60pp. £3.00, members £5.00).
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No. 10: Medieval Property Transactions in Rutland - Abstracts of Feet of
Fines 1197-1509 - Edited by Bridget Wells-Furby
The medieval feet of fines in The National Archives record local property
transactions. Arising originally in the late 12th century from legal disputes over
land, the format was quickly adopted as the most secure form of property
transfer. They continued to be couched in the same legal terminology long after
that background became a mere fiction. (A4 paperback £3.00, members £5.00)
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No. 11: John Barber’s Oakham Castle and its archaeology
Compiled and edited by Elaine Jones and Robert Ovens
Oakham Castle is one of England’s most important Romanesque vernacular
buildings, it has been undergoing refurbishment following the award of a £2m
grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In the 1950s, John Barber carried out
excavations adjacent to the Great Hall of Oakham Castle with the assistance of
boys from Oakham School, where he was a master. Circumstances conspired
against his being able to produce a detailed excavation report at the time, but he
subsequently wrote extensive notes about the Great Hall and the castle site.
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No. 12: Oakham Lordshold in 1787: a map and survey of Lord Winchilsea’s
Oakham estate - Edited by T H McK Clough
A very detailed and accurate map of Oakham and four field books in the Finch
MSS in the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland give an
unparalleled view of the extent and nature of the town in the late 18th century,
before enclosure of the parish. The map is fully described and interpreted, and
the primary field book is transcribed. The topography of the town and its
properties are discussed, as are the people mentioned both in the field books
and in the Oakham entry in the Universal British Directory of 1791. The map is
the earliest detailed plan known, and can be used to suggest the medieval form
of the town, with its church and castle.
(A4, 104pp, colour, with index. £3.00 (members £5.00).
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No. 13: The Governance of Rutland 1614-1664 - By Ian E Ryder
An analysis of how Rutland was governed in the unsettled times of the seventeenth
century, based on surviving Justices of the Peace and Lieutenancy archives. These
enable the author to show how Rutland’s ruling elite managed criminal law and the
poor, handled an outbreak of plague, maintained the militia, impressed men for
military service, ensured the free operation of markets, and organised the collection
of taxes. This account covers the reign of Charles I and then the period of the Civil War
and its aftermath, showing the impact of these events on life in Rutland. Although the
majority of Rutland’s major landowners had supported the king, its parliamentary
minority was able to control the county through outside support.
Very many Rutland individuals are listed in the surviving records, too many to include
in the printed work, and their details are freely available on this website.
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