Medieval Record Sources
in Printed Books & Articles
Compiled by Niall C.E.J. O’Brien
As part of the Maynooth
Research Guides for Irish Local History series of publications, Dr. Philomena
Connolly produced a book called Medieval
Record Sources (number 4 in the Maynooth series) in 2002. The publication
was very fortuitous as Dr. Connolly died in June of 2002.
An abbreviated version of the
introduction said = “The introduction of English institutions to Ireland after
the arrival of the Normans, and the close administrative ties that existed
between the two countries during the rest of the middle ages resulted in a
wealth of archival sources on both sides of the Irish Sea. This book serves as
a practical introduction to these sources, in both manuscript and printed form,
from the 12th to the 15th centuries. The institutions,
central and local, which produced the records, are described and the records
placed in their administrative context. Advice is given on the scope and
limitations of the surviving sources, and special attention is paid to the
existence of substitutes for the records destroyed in 1922 in the Four Courts
fire. In addition to the records of central and local government,
ecclesiastical records in Ireland and abroad are dealt with, as are the private
records of major Anglo-Irish families. Information is provided on the existence
of guides, lists and indexes which facilitate access to unpublished material in
various record repositories”.
In the footnotes on nearly
every page Philomena Connolly gave the name and publication details of books
and articles where printed manuscripts can be found. This article makes a list
of those books and articles as a further aid to research in medieval Irish
history. Dr. Connolly left out of her book references to the Annals and other
printed manuscripts from the Irish side of Ireland and so these important
sources are not listed here.
Since 2002 other books and
articles have been published containing printed manuscripts (in full or abstract
form) such as Paul Dryburgh & Brendan Smith (eds.), Handbook and Select Calendar of Sources for Medieval Ireland in the
National Archives of the United Kingdom (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2005);
Brendan Smith (ed.), The Register of
Nicholas Fleming, archbishop of Armagh, 1404-1416 (Irish Manuscripts
Commission, Dublin, 2003); and Peter Crooks (ed.), ‘The background to the
arrest of the fifth Earl of Kildare and Sir Christopher Preston in 1418: a
missing membrane’, in Analecta Hibernica,
No. 40 (2007). Another source of medieval documents pertaining to Ireland to
increase in popularity since 2002 is the various internet sites which have come
online. The C.I.R.C.L.E. project on www.chancery.tcd.ie comes to mind among others. This site has reconstructed over 20,000
documents once produced by the medieval Irish chancery office and destroyed in
their original form in 1922 or before that date.
Dr. Philiomena Connolly was an archivist at the National Archives, Dublin and a leading authority on medieval manuscripts. She edited many medieval manuscripts in books and articles. I hope someday to produce a book of essays in her memory.
Front cover of Medieval Record Sources by Philiomena Connolly
THE BOOKS
Anon, Chartae,
privilegia et immunitates (Dublin, 1829-30)
Anon, Rotuli
parliamentorum (7 vols. London ,
1783)
M. Archdall,
Monasticon Hibericum (London ,
1786)
T. Astle & J.
Caley, Calendarium Rotulorum patentium
(London , 1802)
J.C. Atkinson, The coucher book of Furness abbey (2
vols. Chetham Society, 1886-1919)
G. Beachcroft and A.
Sabin, Two compotus rolls of St Augustine ’s abbey, Bristol
H.F. Berry, Register of wills and inventories of the
diocese of Dublin
H.F. Berry, Statutes and ordinances and acts of the
parliament of Ireland , king
John to Henry V (Dublin ,
1907)
H.F. Berry, Statute rolls of the parliament of Ireland , reign of Henry the sixth (Dublin , 1910)
H.F. Berry, (ed.), Statute rolls of the parliament of Ireland , first to the twelfth years of the reign
of King Edward the fourth (Dublin ,
1914)
J.S. Brewer and W.
Bullen, Calendar of the Carew manuscripts
preserved in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth (6 vols. London)
Eric St John Brooks, Register of the hospital of St John the
Baptist without the new gate of Dublin (Dublin, 1936)
Eric St John Brooks, Knights’ fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow
and Kilkenny (Dublin ,
1950)
Eric St John Brooks, The Irish cartularies of Llanthony Prima and
Secunda (Dublin, 1953)
R. Butler, Registrum prioratus omnium sanctorum juxta Dublin
Calendar of ancient
deeds and muniments preserved in the Pembroke estate office, Dublin (privately printed, 1891)
Calendar of charter
rolls … 1226-[1516] (6 vols. P.R.O. London, 1903-27)
Calendar of entries in
the papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland (15 vols. HMSO)
Calendar of entries in
the papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland (6 vols. Irish
Manuscripts Commission)
Calendar of entries in
the papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland, petitions (HMSO),
vol. 1
Calendar of
inquisitions miscellaneous, 1219-[1422] (7 vols. P.R.O. London, 1916-69)
Calendar of
inquisitions post mortem, Henry III-[15 Richard II] (16 vols. P.R.O. London,
1904-74)
Calendar of the close rolls..
1272-[1509] (47 vols. P.R.O. London, 1892-1963)
Calendar of the fine
rolls… 1272-[1509] (22 vols. P.R.O. London, 1911-62)
Calendar of the
liberate rolls… 1226-[1272] (6 vols. P.R.O. London, 1916-64)
Calendar of the patent
rolls… 1232-[1509] (53 vols. P.R.O. London, 1891-1971)
William Carrigan, The history and antiquities of the diocese
of Ossory (4 vols. Dublin, 1905)
Richard Caulfield, Rotulus Pipae Clonensis (Cork, 1859)
D.A. Chart, The register of John Swayne, archbishop of
Armagh and primate of Ireland ,
1418-1439 (Belfast ,
1935)
Chartae, privilegia et
immunitates (Dublin, 1829-30)
Mary Clark &
Raymond Refausse, Directory of historic Dublin (Dublin ,
1993)
M.V. Clark, Register of the priory of Tristernagh (Dublin , 1941)
Close rolls of the
reign of Henry III … 1227-[1272] (14 vols. P.R.O. London, 1902-38)
Philomena Connolly, Irish exchequer payments, 1270-1446
(Dublin, 1998)
Philomena Connolly
& Geoffrey Martin, The Dublin guild
merchant roll, c. 1190-1265 (Dublin ,
1992)
M.A. Costello, De annatis Hibernia (Dundalk ,
1909)
J.C. Crosthwaite, The book of obits and martyrology of the
cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dublin (Dublin , 1844)
Edmund Curtis, Ormond deeds (6 vols. Dublin)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland, number 36 (1904)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 26
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 35 (1903)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 36 (1904)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 37 (1905)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 38 (1906)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 39 (1907)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 42 (1911)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 43 (1912)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 44 (1912)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 45 (1913)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 47 (1915)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 53 (1926)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 54 (1927)
Reports of the deputy
keeper of the public records of Ireland ,
number 55 (1928)
J.T. Gilbert, Calendar of ancient records of Dublin (19 vols. Dublin, 1889-1944)
J.T. Gilbert, Chartularies of St Mary’s abbey, Dublin
(2 vols. London Rolls Series, 1884)
J.T. Gilbert, Crede mihi; the most ancient register book
of the archbishop of Dublin before the reformation (Dublin, 1897)
J.T. Gilbert, Facsimiles of the national manuscripts of
Ireland (4 vols. Dublin, 1874-1878)
J.T. Gilbert, Historic and municipal documents of Ireland
(London, Rolls Series, 1870)
J.T. Gilbert, Register of the abbey of St Thomas, Dublin
(London, Rolls Series, 1889)
J.T. Gilbert, A history of the city of Dublin
(3 vols. Dublin ,
1854-9)
J.T. Gilbert, Viceroys of Ireland (Dublin)
James Graves, A roll of the proceedings of the king’s
council in Ireland, 1392-3 (London, Rolls Series, 1877)
Margaret Griffith, Calendar of justiciary rolls, 1308-14 (Dublin , 1956), volume 3
James Hardiman, The history of the town and county of Galway
(Dublin, 1820)
T.D. Hardy, Rotuli chartarum … [1199-1216] (London , 1837)
T.D.
Hardy, Rotuli litterarum clausorum...
[1204-27] (2 vols. London, 1833-44)
T.D. Hardy, Rotuli litterarum patentium (London
T.D. Hardy, Rotuli de liberate ac de misis et praestitis regnante Johanne (London
R.J. Hayes, Sources for the history of Irish
civilisation: articles in Irish periodicals (9 vols. Boston , Mass.
Historic Manuscripts
Commission, report number 8, appendix 1
P.H. Hore, History of the town and county of Wexford
(6 vols. London ,
1900-11)
W. Hunt, Two chartularies of the priory of St Peter
at Bath
Irish record Commission
report 1811-1815
Irish record
Commission report 1816-1820
Colm Lennon &
James Murray, The Dublin
city franchise roll (Dublin ,
1998)
Lists and indexes,
volume 11
Lists and indexes,
volume 15
Lists and indexes,
volume 35
James Lydon, (ed.), Law and disorder in thirteenth century
Ireland (Dublin, 1997)
Paul MacCotter and
K.W. Nicholls, The Pipe Roll of Cloyne
(Cloyne Literary and Historical Society, 1996)
J. MacCaffrey, The Black Book of Limerick (Dublin,
1901)
Gearóid Mac Niocaill, Crown survey of lands, 1540-41 with the
Kildare rental begun in 1518 (Dublin, 1994)
Gearóid Mac Niocaill, Na buirgeisi xii-xv aois (2 vols. Dublin , 1964)
Gearóid Mac Niocaill, The Red Book of the earls of Kildare
(Dublin, 1964)
M.J. McEnery and
Raymond Refausse, Christ Church
deeds (Dublin ,
2001)
Charles McNeill, Registrum de Kilmainham (Dublin, 1932)
Charles McNeill, Calendar of Archbishop Alen’s register, c.
1172-1534 (R.S.A.I. 1950)
Charles McNeill, Liber primus Kilkenniensis (Dublin,
1951)
Charles McNeill and
A.J. Otway-Ruthven, Dowdall deeds
(Dublin, 1960)
James Mills, Calendar of justiciary rolls, 1295-1303
(Dublin , 1905),
volume 1
James Mills, Calendar of justiciary rolls, 1305-07 (Dublin , 1914), volume 2
James Mills, Account roll of the priory of Holy Trinity, Dublin
James Mills and M.J.
McEnery, Calendar of the Gormanston
register (Dublin, 1916)
J.F. Morrissey, (ed.),
Statute rolls of the parliament of
Ireland, twelfth and thirteenth to the twenty-first and twenty-second years of
the reign of king Edward the fourth (Dublin, 1939)
A.J.
Otway-Ruthven, Liber primus Kilkenniensis
(Kilkenny, 1961)
Patent rolls of the reign of Henry III. 1216-[1232]
(2 vols. P.R.O. London, 1901-3)
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,
report of Deputy Keeper, 1928
W.G.H. Quigley and E.F.D. Roberts, Registrum Johannis Mey; the register of John
Mey, archbishop of Armagh, 1443-1456 (Belfast, 1972)
W. Reeves, Acts of Archbishop Colton in his metropolitan visitation of the diocese
of Derry , 1397 (Irish Archaeological
Society, 1850)
W. Reeves, Ecclesiastical antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore (Dublin
Raymond Refausse and Colm Lennon, The registers of Christ
Church cathedral, Dublin
(Dublin
H.G Richardson &
G.O. Sayles, Parliaments and councils of
medieval Ireland, volume 1 (Dublin, 1947)
H.G. Richardson &
G.O. Sayles, The administration of
medieval Ireland , 1172-1377
(Dublin , 1963)
H.E. Salter, Cartulary of Oseney abbey (6 vols.
Oxford His Society, 1929-36)
G.O. Sayles, Documents on the affairs of Ireland before
the king’s council (Dublin, 1979)
M.P. Sheedy, Pontificia Hibernica: medieval papal
chancery documents concerning Ireland ,
640-1261 (2 vols. Dublin ,
1962-5)
Brendan Smith, The register of Milo Sweeteman, archbishop
of Armagh, 1361-80 (Dublin, 1996)
Mario Alberto Sughi, Registrum Octaviani alias Liber Niger: the
register of Octavian de Palatio, archbishop of Armagh, 1478-1513 (2 vols. Dublin , 200)
H.S. Sweetman, Calendar of documents relating to Ireland , 1171-[1307] (5 vols. Public Record
Office, London ,
1875-86)
Edward Tresham, Rotulorum patentium et clausorum
cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium (Dublin ,
1828)
J.C. Walton, The royal charters of Waterford
(Waterford, 1979) [1992 edition]
N.B. White, Extents of Irish monastic possessions,
1540-41 (Dublin ,
1943)
N.B. White, Irish monastic and Episcopal deeds AD
1200-1600 (Dublin, 1936)
N.B. White, The Dignitus decani of St Patrick’s
cathedral, Dublin (Dublin , 1957)
N.B. White, The Red Book of Ormond (Dublin,
Stationery Office, 1932)
Herbert Wood, A guide to the records deposited in the
Public Record Office of Ireland (Dublin, 1919)
Herbert Wood, The court book of the liberty of St
Sepulchre (Dublin ,
1930)
THE ARTICLES
Obligations pro
annatis in Archivium Hibernicum =
Dublin and Kildare, No. 2 (1913)
Killaloe and Limerick,
No. 10 (1943); Lismore and Waterford, No. 12 (1946); Ossory and Ferns, No. 20
(1957); Ardfert and Clonfert, No. 21 (1958); Elphin, No. 22 (1959); Cloyne, No.
24 (1961); Tuam, No. 26 (1963); Cashel and Emly in 28 (1966); Cork and Ross,
No. 29 (1970)
Anon, “chancery fills
in P.R.O., England” in Analecta Hibernica,
number 31 (1984)
Anon, “Irish justiciar
courts 1308-1377” in Irish Jurist,
number 28 (1983)
Anon, “exchequer files
in P.R.O. London” in Analecta Hibernica,
number 1 (1930)
Anon, “List of Irish
material on the memoranda rolls of Edward II” in Analecta Hibernica, number 36 (1995)
Anon, “Lists of
Ancient Petitions” in Analecta Hibernica,
number 34 (1987)
Anon, “Lists of
Chancery Warrants” in Analecta Hibernica,
number 35 (1995)
Anon, “Missing pages
of the register of St John the Baptist without
the new gate of Dublin ”
in R.S.A.I. Journal. Number 92 (1962)
Anon, “Records of the
wardship of Galway ” in Analecta Hibernica, number 14 (1944)
H.F. Berry, “Ancient
charters in the Liber Albus Ossoriensis” in R.I.A.
Proceedings, number 27 (1908-09)
H.F. Berry, “Some
ancient deeds of the parishes of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, 1296-1743”
in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 35
(1918-20)
H.F. Berry, “Some
ancient deeds of the parishes of St Werburgh, Dublin , 1243-1676” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 35 (1918-20)
William Betham, “On
the account of Thomas de Chaddisworth, custodee of the temporalities of the
archbishop of Dublin from 1221 to 1256 [recte 1271 to 1276] from the great roll
of the pipe” in R.I.A. Proceedings,
number 5 (1850-53)
Martin J. Blake,
“Knockmoy abbey, otherwise called the monastery of the Hill of Victory” in Galway Arch Society Journal, number 1
(1900)
Martin J. Blake,
“Ballintubber abbey, Co. Mayo: notes on its history” in Galway Arch Society Journal, number 3 (1904)
Martin J. Blake, “An
old rental of Cong abbey” in R.S.A.I.
Journal. Number 35 (1905)
Martin J. Blake, “The
obituary book of the Franciscan monastery at Galway ”
in Galway Arch Society Journal,
number 6 (1910)
E. Bolster, “A
landgable roll of Cork
city” in Collective Hibernica, volume
13 (1970)
Eric St John Brooks,
“Unpublished charters relating to Ireland from the archives of the city of
Exeter” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number
43 (1936)
Eric St John Brooks,
“Irish possessions of St Thomas of Acre” in R.I.A.
Proceedings, number 58 (1956)
Eric St John Brooks,
“The sources for medieval Anglo-Irish history”; and Aubrey Gwynn, “Bibliographical
note on medieval Anglo-Irish history” in Historical
Studies, number 1 (1958)
C. Burns, “Papal
letters of Clement VII (1378-94) relating to Ireland
and England ”
in collective Hibernica, number 24
(1982)
C.M. Butler & J.H.
Bernard, “The charters of the Cistercian abbey of Duiske” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 35 (1918)
A. Coleman, “Registrum monasterii fratrum
predicatorum de Athenry” in Archivium
Hibernica, number 1 (1912)
Philomena Connolly, “The Irish memoranda
rolls: some unexplored aspects” in Irish
Economic and Social History, number 3 (1970)
Edmund Curtis,
“Sheriff’s account of the honour of Dungarvan, of Tweskard in Ulster and of Co.
Waterford, 1261-3” in Royal Irish
Academy
Edmund Curtis,
“Sheriff’s account for Co. Tipperary, 1275-6” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 42 (1934-5)
Edmund Curtis, “Feudal
charters of the de Burgo lordship of Connacht ,
1227-1325” in Feil-sgribhinn Eoin Mhic
Neill (1940)
Oliver Davis &
D.B. Quinn, “the Irish pipe roll of 14 John, 1211-12” in Ulster Journal of Archaeology 3rd series, number 4,
supplement, 1941
Brian C. Donovan and
David Edwards, “British sources for Irish history before 1485” in Analecta Hibernica, number 37 (1998)
Elizabeth Dowse & Margaret
Murphy, “Rotulmus clauses de anno 48 Edward III – a reconstruction” in Analecta Hibernica, number 35 (1992)
P.J. Dunning, “Letters
of Pope Innocent III to Ireland ;
a calendar” in Archivium Hibernicum,
number 23 (1947)
S.G. Ellis, “medieval
plea rolls for 19 Edward IV (1479-80)” in Analecta
Hibernica, number 31 (1984)
S.G. Ellis,
“Parliaments and great councils, 1483-99: addenda and corrigenda” in Analecta Hibernica, number 29 (1980)
J.F. Ferguson,
“Ancient exchequer accounts of Ulster ”
in U.J.A., volume 3 (1855)
Robin Frame,
“Commissions of the peace in Ireland, 1302-1461” in Analecta Hibernica, number 35 (1992)
J.T. Gilbert,
“Corporation records of Dublin
and Kilkenny” in Historic Manuscripts
Commission report, volume 1, appendix
J.T. Gilbert, “Corporation
records of Waterford and Galway ”
in Historic Manuscripts Commission report,
volume 10, appendix V
Aubrey Gwynn, “Some
unpublished texts from the Black Book of Christ Church, Dublin ” in Analecta Hibernica, number 16 (1946)
G.J. Hand, “Material
used in “Calendar of documents relating to Ireland”, in Irish Historical Studies, volume 12 (1960), pp. 99 – 104
G.J. Hand, “The dating
of the early fourteenth century ecclesiastical valuations of Ireland ” in Irish Theological Quarterly, number 24 (1957)
M.J. Hearn, “Vatican
archives as a historical source to c. 1530” in Archivium Hibernicum, number 39 (1984)
H.J. Lawlor, “A
calendar of the register of Archbishop Fleming” in R.I.A. Proceedings, volume 30 (1912-13)
H.J. Lawlor, “Calendar
of the Liber Ruber of the diocese of Ossory” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 27 (1908-09)
H.J. Lawlor,
“Fragments of the lost register of Clogher” in Louth Arch Society Journal, number 4 (1916-20)
H.J. Lawlor, “A
calendar of the Liber Niger and Liber Albus of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin ” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 27 (1908)
J.F. Lydon, “A
fifteenth-century building account from Dublin ”
in Irish Economic and Social History,
number 9 (1982)
James F. Lydon,
“Survey of the memoranda rolls of the Irish exchequer, 1294-1509” in Analecta Hibernica, number 23 (1966)
James Lydon, “The
enrolled account of Alexander Bicknor” in Analecta
Hibernica, number 30 (1982)
James Lydon, “The
county of Uriel account, 1281-3” in Louth
Archaeological Society Journal, number 19 (1977=80)
Gearóid Mac Niocaill,
“missing page of the register of St John the Baptist without the new gate of
Dublin” in Analecta Hibernica, number
8 (1938)
Gearóid Mac Niocaill,
“Registrum cantariae Sancti Salvatoris Waterfordiensis” in Analecta Hibernica, number 23 (1966)
Charles McNeill, “The
Gerrard papers at the Bodleian Library” in Analecta
Hibernica, number 2 (1931)
Charles McNeill, “List
of medieval contents in the Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis by Harris” in Analecta Hibernica, number 6 (1934)
James Mills, “Rental
of the archbishopric estates of Dublin ,
1382” in R.S.A.I. Journal, 4th
series, number 9 (1889)
Canice Mooney,
“Letters of Pope Innocent IV relating to Ireland ” in Collective Hibernica, number 2 (1959)
L.P. Murray and A.
Gwynn, “Archbishop Cromer’s register” in Louth
Arch. Society Journal, number 7 (1929-32)
L.P. Murray and A.
Gwynn, “Archbishop Cromer’s register” in Louth
Arch. Society Journal, number 8 (1933-36)
L.P. Murray and A.
Gwynn, “Archbishop Cromer’s register” in Louth
Arch. Society Journal, number 9 (1937-40)
L.P. Murray and A.
Gwynn, “Archbishop Cromer’s register” in Louth
Arch. Society Journal, number 10 (1941-44)
K.W. Nicholls, “The
Episcopal rentals of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh” in Analecta Hibernica, number 26 (1970)
William O’Sullivan, “A
finding list of Sir James Ware’s manuscripts” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 97 (1997)
A.J. Otway-Ruthven,
“Anglo-Irish shire government in the thirteenth century” in Irish Historical Studies, volume 5 (1946)
A.J. Otway-Ruthven,
“The medieval Irish chancery” in Album
Helen Maud Cam, volume 2 (Louvain ,
1960)
P.B. Phair, “A
Calendar of Betham extracts” in Analecta
Hibernica, number 27 (1972)
D.B. Quinn, “The bills
and statutes of the Irish parliaments of Henry VII and Henry VIII” in Analecta Hibernica, number 10 (1941)
J.L. Robinson, “On the
ancient deeds of the parish of St John , Dublin ” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number 33 (1916-17)
J.L. Robinson,
“Churchwardens accounts, 1484-1600 for St Werburgh’s church, Dublin ” in R.S.A.I. Journal, number 46 (1914)
“Seagrave deeds” in Analecta Hibernica, number 15 (1944)
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
J.C. Smyly, “Old deeds
in the library of Trinity
College
H. Wood, “The
muniments of Edmund de Mortimer, third earl of March, concerning his liberty of
Trim” in R.I.A. Proceedings, number
40 (1931-2)
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