BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 



MANORIAL AND AGRARIAN 



HISTORY. 



A CLASSIFIED LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO 

 ENGLISH MANORIAL AND AGRARIAN HISTORY, 

 FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE YEAR 1660. 



The titles of works Tfhich have not been examined by the compiler 

 are marked zvith an asterisk. 



I CATALOGUES OF MANUSCRIPT 



COLLECTIONS. 



{a) Official Archives. 



It is the custom of modern Historical Bibliographers 

 to attempt some description of the unpublished 

 sources of History. These may be conveniently 

 classified according to their custody, whether in 

 official Archives or in the Manuscript Departments 

 of the great Libraries and other collections of a public 

 nature as well as amongst the private muniments of 

 ecclesiastical, legal, and municipal corporations or of 

 private individuals. 



The " Official Archives " above referred to are 

 practically co-extensive, in England, with the Public 

 Records ; but a few collections are to be found 

 under the official control of certain Public Depart- 

 ments, notably the Ecclesiastical Commission, Green- 

 wich Hospital (Admiralty), the Office of Woods and 

 Forests, and the Duchy of Cornwall. 



It is not possible to mention here more than the 

 titles of the several classes of Public Records which are 

 more or less valuable as sources of information on the 

 subject of Manorial or Agrarian History, and of which 

 some portion at least remains unpublished. The 



