RN #231 English Historical Documents

This is a copy of "English Historical Documents 1485 - 1558, edited by C.H. Williams.  Published 1967, by Oxford University Press, it is my research copy of an outline giving the volumes of publication for documents from 500 AD to 1914.

My chief interest were:
  The Council in the Marches of Wales (Vol. V., pp. 66- )
  England and Wales. Towards the Act of Union (government and administration)
  An act for making of Justices of Peace in Wales, 1535
  The Common Law

RN #91 Jones Surname English Counties

The ancient origin of the JONES surname is documented in the next two notebooks.  Utilizing an index of the legal records of England, a chronology of the JONES surname was researched.  It involves the Chancery Proceeding mostly, but other records are also included.  This notebook contains an alphabetical listing for the English counties.(#91)  The next notebook (#92) contains the analysis for Wales.  The records begin as early as 1300.  This notebook also contains a computer print out that uses DbaseII, a program available in the early 1990s.  It is dated 09-12-1993.

A sample page from notebook #91 is shown above from Hereford county.  The subject of the case is listed, followed by the date recorded, any other additional information abstracted, and the bundle and number of the file.  Each English county is abstracted and arranged alphabetically.  The data set is an extensive analysis of the documentation of the JONES surname as it appears in the English legal records prior to 1700.

RN # 14 Notes on Early JONES Surname

Several views were taken on the use of the JONES surname in early English records.

Grantees of Arms...To the end of the Seventeenth Century.
Grantees of Arms...To the end of the XVII Century.
The Dictionary of National Biography. (England)
Acts of Privy Council 1541 - 1547.

JONES surname copied:
     Notes on - Hugh Jones 1508
                       Edward Jones 1545
                       Thomas Jones 1545
                       George Jones 1559
                       David Jones, Llanfair 1580
                       Francis Jones, Alderman of London 1612
                       Rowland Jones 1609
                       Thomas Jones, Surrey
                       Christopher Jones 1623
                       John Jones, Bristol 1673
                       Richard Jones, Somerset 1680
                       William Jones, Salop 1633
                       Richard Jones, clerk (minister)

For discussion see: http://thejonessurname.blogspot.com for:

"Jones Surname by English Monarch 1458-1714" dated Tues., June 14, 2011
"English Orders of chivalry and The Jones Surname", dated Fri., June 24, 2011
"Jones Coat(s) of Arms (part I)" dated Tues., June 28, 2011
"Jones Coat(s) of Arms (part II)" dated Mon., July 4, 2011
"Jones Coat(s) of Arms (part III), dated Wed., July 13, 2011