The Wiltshire Record Society is a text publication society in Wiltshire, England, which edits and publishes historic documents concerned with the history of Wiltshire.

History In 1937, Ralph Pugh was the chief mover in a proposal to found the records branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.C. R. J. Currie, 'Pugh, Ralph Bernard (1910–1982)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) online edition (subscription required), May 2010, accessed 7 January 2011 The Records Branch was established in 1939, and in 1967 it became the Wiltshire Record Society, an independent organisation.'About Us' Wiltshire Record Society However, the numbering of the volumes published has remained continuous, the last volume published by the Records Branch being number 21 and the first volume under the new regime being number 22.The Rolls of Highworth Hundred, 1275–1287 Part 2 (1968), p. 189 The books published by both have all been bound in pale blue cloth and have the same size and format.

The work of the society is funded by the subscribing members, some of them being academic bodies and libraries, but most are private individuals. An annual general meeting is held in Wiltshire once a year, usually in June.

Presidents

1967–1982: R. B. Pugh 1982–2009: Christopher Elrington 2009– : Negley Harte

General editors

1962–1972: Christopher Elrington 1972–1976: Douglas A. Crowley 1976–1978: D. C. Cox 1979–1981: Janet H. Stevenson 1981–1982: vacant 1982–1988: J. L. Kirby 1988–1995: Jane Freeman 1995–2007: John Chandler 2007–2014: Virginia Bainbridge (jointly with Steven Hobbs from 2013) 2013– : Steven Hobbs (jointly with Virginia Bainbridge from 2013)

Publications Since 1939, the Society and its predecessor the Records Branch have produced roughly one volume per year, the list of publications being as follows:

Abstracts of feet of fines relating to Wiltshire for the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, ed. Ralph Pugh, 1939 Accounts of the parliamentary garrisons of Great Chalfield and Malmesbury, 1645–1646, H. P. Pafford, 1940 Calendar of Antrobus deeds before 1625, ed. R. B. Pugh, 1947 Wiltshire county records: minutes of proceedings in sessions, 1563 and 1574 to 1592, ed. H. C. Johnson, 1949 List of Wiltshire borough records earlier in date than 1836, ed. M. G. Rathbone, 1951 The Trowbridge woollen industry as illustrated by the stock books of John and Thomas Clark 1804–1824, ed. R. P. Beckinsale Guild stewards book of the borough of Calne, 1561–1688, ed. A. W. Mabbs, 1953 Andrews' and Dury's map of Wiltshire, 1773: a reduced facsimile, ed. Elizabeth Crittall, 1952 Surveys of the manors of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 1631-2, ed. E. Kerridge, 1953 Two sixteenth century taxation lists, 1545 and 1576, ed. G. D. Ramsay, 1954 Wiltshire quarter sessions and assizes, 1736, ed. J. P. M. Fowle, 1955 Collectanea, ed. N.J. Williams, 1956 Progress notes of Warden Woodward for the Wiltshire estates of New College, Oxford, 1659–1675, ed. R. L. Rickard, 1957 Accounts and surveys of the Wiltshire lands of Adam de Stratton, 1268–86, ed. M. W. Farr, 1959 Tradesmen in early-Stuart Wiltshire : a miscellany, ed. N. J. Williams, 1960 Crown pleas of the Wiltshire eyre, 1249, ed. C. A. F. Meekings, 1961 Wiltshire apprentices and their masters, 1710–1760, ed. Christabel Dale, 1961 Hemingby's register, ed. Helena M. Chew, 1963 Documents illustrating the Wiltshire textile trades in the eighteenth century, ed. Julia de L. Mann, 1964 The diary of Thomas Naish, ed. Doreen Slatter, 1965 The rolls of the Highworth hundred 1275–1287, part 1, ed. Brenda Farr, 1966, The rolls of the Highworth hundred 1275–1287, part 2, ed. Brenda Farr, 1968 The earl of Hertford's lieutenancy papers, 1603–1612, ed. W. P. D. Murphy, 1969 Court rolls of the Wiltshire manors of Adam de Stratton, ed. R. B. Pugh, 1970. Abstracts of Wiltshire inclosure awards and agreements, ed. R. E. Sandell, 1971 Civil pleas of the Wiltshire eyre, 1249, ed. M. T. Clanchy, 1971 Wiltshire returns to the bishop's visitation queries, 1783, ed. Mary Ransome, 1972 Wiltshire extents for debts, Edward I – Elizabeth I, ed. Angela Conyers, 1973 Abstracts of feet of fines relating to Wiltshire for the reign of Edward III, ed. C. R. Elrington, 1974 Abstracts of Wiltshire tithe apportionments, ed. R. E. Sandell, 1975 Poverty in early-Stuart Salisbury, ed. Paul Slack, 1975 The subscription book of Bishops Tounson and Davenant, 1620–40, ed. B. Williams, 1977 Wiltshire gaol delivery and trailbaston trials, 1275–1306, ed. R. B. Pugh, 1978 Lacock Abbey charters, ed. K. H. Rogers, 1979 The cartulary of Bradenstoke Priory, ed. Vera C. M. London, 1979 Wiltshire coroners' bills, 1752–1796, ed. R. F. Hunnisett, 1981 Two justicing notebooks of William Hunt, 1744–1749, ed. Elizabeth Crittall, 1982 Two Elizabethan women : correspondence of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575–1611, ed. Alison D. Wall, 1983 The register of John Chandler, dean of Salisbury, 1404–17, ed. T. C. B. Timmins, 1984 Wiltshire dissenters meeting house certificates and registrations, 1689–1852, ed. J. H. Chandler, 1985 Abstracts of feet of fines relating to Wiltshire, 1377–1509, ed. J. L. Kirby, 1986 The Edington cartulary, ed. Janet H. Stevenson, 1987 The commonplace book of Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham, ed. Jane Freeman, 1988 The diaries of Jeffery Whitaker, schoolmaster of Bratton, 1739–1741, ed. Marjorie Reeves and Jean Morrison, 1989 The Wiltshire tax list of 1332, ed. D. A. Crowley, 1989 Calendar of Bradford-on-Avon settlement examinations and removal orders, 1725–98, ed. Phyllis Hembry, 1990 Early trade directories of Wiltshire, ed. K. H. Rogers and indexed by J. H. Chandler, 1992 Star chamber suits of John and Thomas Warneford, ed. F. E. Warneford, 1993 The Hungerford cartulary : a calendar of the earl of Radnor's cartulary of the Hungerford family, ed. J. L. Kirby, 1994 The Letters of John Peniston, Salisbury architect, Catholic, and Yeomanry Officer, 1823–1830, ed. M. Cowan, 1996 The Apprentice Registers of the Wiltshire Society, 1817–1922, ed. H. R. Henly, 1997 Printed Maps of Wiltshire 1787–1844 : a selection of topographical, road and canal maps, in facsimile, ed. John Chandler, 1998 Monumental Inscriptions of Wiltshire, ed. Peter Sherlock, 2000 The First General Entry Book of the City of Salisbury, 1387–1452, ed. David R. Carr, 2001 Devizes Division income tax assessments, 1842–1860, ed. Robert Colley, 2002 Wiltshire Glebe Terriers, 1588–1827, ed. Steven Hobbs, 2003 Wiltshire Farming in the Seventeenth Century, ed. Joseph Bettey, 2005 Early Motor Vehicle Registration in Wiltshire 1903–1914, ed. Ian Hicks, 2006 Marlborough Probate Inventories 1591–1775, ed. Lorelei Williams and Sally Thomson, 2007 The Hungerford Cartulary, Part 2: a calendar of the Hobhouse cartulary of the Hungerford family, ed. J. L. Kirby, 2007 The Court Records of Brinkworth and Charlton, 1544–1648, ed. Douglas Crowley, 2009 The Diary of William Henry Tucker, 1825–1850, ed. Helen Rogers, 2009 Gleanings from Wiltshire Parish Registers, ed. Steven Hobbs, 2010 William Small's Cherished Memories and Associations, ed. Jane Howells and Ruth Newman, 2011 Crown Pleas of the Wiltshire Eyre, 1268, ed. Brenda Farr and Christopher Elrington, 2012 The Minute Books of Froxfield Almshouse 1714–1866, ed. Douglas Crowley, 2013 Wiltshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1642–1654, ed. Ivor Slocombe, 2014 Register of John Blyth, Bishop of Salisbury, 1493–1499, ed. David Wright, 2015 The Churchwardens’ Accounts of St Mary’s, Devizes, 1633–1689, ed. Alex Craven, 2016 Arundell Papers and Accounts 1745–1798, ed. Barry Williamson, 2017 Letters of Henry Hoare of Stourhead, 1760–1781, ed. Dudley Dodd, 2018 Braydon Forest and the Forest Law, ed. Douglas Crowley, 2019 The Parish Registers of Thomas Crockford, 1561–1633, ed. John Chandler, 2020 The Farming Diaries of Thomas Pinniger, 1813–1847, ed. Alan Wadsworth, 2021

See also History of Wiltshire Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Wiltshire Victoria County History Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

References

External links

Recent Volumes, Wiltshire Record Society, accessed 6 August 2022 Digital archive of volumes 1 to 69, wiltshirerecordsociety.org.uk