Record Series (RS)

This lists the wills in another of the possible courts for Surrey testators, as in RS1. This court, unlike the Archdeaconry Court, could issue administrations, and these are also included in the index. It also includes wills for this period from the parishes in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

Edited by Cliff Webb.
The PCC was the highest court of probate available to testators, and from 1650 to 1660 it was the only one. This is an index to non-metropolitan Surrey wills proved in the court in this period, indexed by person, place and occupation.

Reprint of 1873 Parliamentary Paper, introduction by Cliff Webb.
This unusual publication lists, in alphabetical order, all persons who owned more than one acre of land in Surrey (excluding the Metropolis), with their addresses (not necessarily in Surrey), and the amount of land owned.

See RS10 above.

With microfiche facsimile of the original book. Poll books are an invaluable source for the better-off section of the community. 28 pages plus 1 microfiche.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Feet of Fines record the transfer of land and are an invaluable source. The records are arranged by place and listed chronologically, and then indexed by name.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
There are 9991 wills listed alphabetically in this index. The period of coverage in this book directly precedes that in the first volume in this series (RSl Index of Surrey Wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court 1752-1858). The Wills are also indexed by place and subject. 126 pages.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Feet of Fines record the transfer of land and are an invaluable source. The records are arranged by place and listed chronologically, and there is an index by name.

On this series (RS3 - Index to Commissary Court of Surrey Wills 1752-1858). This new volume does not include the wills from the parishes of the 'peculiar' jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as does RS3. These can be found in RS25 (see below).

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Feet of Fines record the transfer of land and are an invaluable source. The records are arranged by place and listed chronologically, and there is an index by name.

Compiled and indexed by Cliff Webb.
The coverage in this book directly precedes that in RS3 which included wills from the parishes of the 'peculiar' jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Feet of Fines record the transfer of land and are an invaluable source. The records are arranged by place and listed chronologically, and there is an index by name.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Contains an alphabetical list of plaintiffs, defendants and deponents (with age and place of reference) and indexes of places and occupations.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
Feet of Fines record the transfer of land and are an invaluable source. The records are arranged by place and listed chronologically, and then indexed by name.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
The Court of requests was established as the 'court of the poor man' and was intended to hear cases which were too trivial to go to the other courts. It is first mentioned in 1483 and seems to have evolved from an informal committee of the king's Council. It continued to sit until 1642, but was not revived after the Restoration.

Compiled by the late A R Bax, edited and indexed by Cliff Webb.
Whilst Administrations do not have the personal detail of wills, they may provide key genealogical data, continuing many years after the death of the original person concerned.

Compiled by Cliff Webb.
A further volume in the Record Series to deal with Lay Subsidies. It covers the Hundreds of: Kingston, Elmbridge, Copthorne, Effingham, Reigate, Tandridge and Wallington.

Abstracted by Cliff Webb.
This list contains cases of apparent non-Metropolitan Surrey interest. The periods covered are 1485-1558 and 1603-1641.

Edited by Cliff Webb.
Many Surrey boys (and a few girls) were sent up to London to be apprenticed. This work abstracts records of Surrey interest (excluding the Metropolitan area) from a number of London Livery Company records. Includes a List of Company, Indexes of Apprentices, Masters, Places and Subjects.

Compiled and indexed by Cliff Webb.
'The object of this work has been to collect (as far as possible with the present finding aids) all pre-1714 cases of Surrey interest (outside the Metropolitan area) in the Court of Chancery.'

By Phillip Arnold.
Lists of families resident in the Parish of St Peter's, Woking compiled from parish registers, wills and other records held at Surrey History Centre and elsewhere. 62 pages.

By Phillip Arnold.
With particulars, where known, of their occupants, taken from 1841-91 Censuses and the Parish Registers. 68 pages. A5.

Lay Subsidies were the main tax laid on people prior to the Civil War. Their records in the period from, roughly, 1524 to the 1640's, list, with varying degrees of fullness, the inhabitants of the area, with some gauge as to their wealth.

Transcribed and Indexed by Cliff Webb.
Lists of deeds relating to Non-Metropolitan Surrey places with an index of the names included therein. 92 pages. A5.

Transcribed and Indexed by Cliff Webb.
See RS37 above for description of these records. 72 pages. A5.

Volume I - St Botolph Aldgate, 1742-1868 abstracted and indexed by Cliff Webb, who writes in the introduction: 'St Botolph Aldgate is a large but poor parish with a highly transient population. There are only a few Huguenots in the records but quite a few Jewish people, Irish, Scots and other early immigrants. For civil purposes St Botolph was divided into two parts, each with separate civil jurisdiction. The two parts were St Botolph Aldgate, Middlesex (Without) and St Botolph Aldgate, London (Within), the latter being the portion of the parish within the old City walls. The records herein pertain to both parts of St Botolph Aldgate' (4662 Records - 11672 names).
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Transcribed and compiled by John Craig.
This survey was carried out by the Order of the Board of Guardians of the Chertsey Union - which included the Parish of Horsell. Edward Ryde, a surveyor, from Old Woking was the contractor. Ryde did similar work for several others nearby parishes. The purpose seems to do with valuations after the replacement of tithes in kind by an annual cash fee. The outcome was a large scale map (25 inches to the mile) which shows, and numbers, every plot of land. The accompanying Book of Reference lists the owner, the occupier, its name or use, the state of cultivation (for agricultural land), and its area. The map, cut up into 17 pages, and the Book of Reference are held at the Surrey History Centre with the references 6198/11/188 and 6198/11/189 respectively.
Not published in bookform.
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RS27 Surrey Cases and Depositions in the Courts of Chancery (1714-1758) & Exchequer (1497-1603)
RS29 Surrey Cases and Depositions in the Court of Requests (c1500-1624)
RS32 Surrey Cases in the Court of Star Chamber (1485-1558 & 1603-1641)
RS34 Surrey Cases in the Court of Chancery (1391-1714)

RS 22 - A List of Surrey Feet of Fines (1649-1684)
RS 24 - A List of Surrey Feet of Fines (1714-1760)
RS 26 - A List of Surrey Feet of Fines (1603-1648)
RS 28 - A List of Surrey Feet of Fines (1558-1602)