The eyre was an organised judicial visitation to the counties of England by the King's justices to hear all types of plea, civil and crown, as well as to investigate any matters for the King that pertain to the county; it was thus a hugely important part of the legal and administrative process...whereas the civil pleas deal primarily with litigation between landowners, the crown pleas are mostly concerned with the actions of townsmen and peasants,...

"This edition includes all surviving letters from the muniment room of a long-vanished Suffolk mansion, an important part of the correspondence of one of Tudor and Stuart England's most powerful families." "The Bacon family fortunes were founded by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to Elizabeth I. He was father to the philosopher Francis Bacon, hut this correspondence centres on Francis's half-brother Nicholas, Premier Baronet of England,...

An analysis and description of the field book for Walsham le Willows Manor. Field book contains information of the local life, patterns of tenure and social structure of the community. Includes entries from the field book.

James Oakes was the son of a prosperous linen-draper. He worked in banking and was active in politics. In 1778 at the age of 37 he began keeping a diary, which he kept for the next 49 years. The diaries tell much of the life of the town, its business and social life.