RN #240 Legal Records England and Wales 1485 - 1700 AD

Reprints from The Jones Genealogist continues in this notebook.  The legal records of England and Wales are presented for the surname JONES.

From 1485 AD to 1700 AD these records were abstracted for those cases involving the surname JONES.
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RN #92A Legal Data Set Jones Surname

This notebook is the file of data pertaining to the legal records of England 1200AD - 1700 AD.  They are the "hard" copies of the information collected from the index of the public record office Great Britain.  This was the actual data coded and analyzed for the JONES surname which is the source of many of the articles written in The Jones Genealogist.

The above figure is from one set of records published by Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963 showing the primary source of the data included in this notebook.  This page is from 1515-1529 index of the legal records.  These were analyzed for the surname JONES.

The above figure shows the actual page as printed in the primary source.  The dates are 1518-1529, bundle 421, with the individual files as numbered, and the information contained for each case.  Each JONES was entered into the data set and analyzed for the information given.  This should give the reader an idea of the information contained in this notebook.

RN #92 Jones Surname Welsh Counties

This notebook continues the analysis of the JONES surname for the counties of Wales.  It is again arranged in chronological order (dates) and alphabetically by county.  It contains an analysis of the legal records of England as they were applied to the counties of Wales.

The figure above is a copy of one page from the county of Cardigan.  It shows the name, date, plantiff(s), location, and bundle/no. of the case identified.  This data set is the result of several years work done prior to 1993.

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.