Chetham Society—First Series

There are three series of publications by the Chetham Society:

First Series, Volumes 1 to 114
Second Series, Volumes 1 to 110
Third Series

Please note that the links given are to .pdf versions of the publications where available. The size of the relevant file is indicated—in some cases these are substantial.

1. Travels in Holland, the United Provinces, England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1634-1635. By Sir William Brereton, Bart. Edited by Edward Hawkins. (PDF 7.6MB)
2. Tracts relating to Military Proceedings in Lancashire during the Great Civil War. Edited by George Ormerod. (PDF 14.0MB)
3. Chester's Triumph in Honor of her Prince, as it was performed upon St. George's Day, 1610, in the foresaid Citie. Edited by Thomas Corser. (PDF 3.7MB)
4. The Life of Adam Martindale, written by himself. Edited by Richard Parkinson. (PDF 16.1MB) 
5. Lancashire Memorials of the Rebellion, 1715. By Samuel Hibbert-Ware. (PDF 21.8MB)
6. Potts's Discovery of Witches in the county of Lancaster. Edited by James Crossley. (PDF 8.3MB)
7. Iter Lancastrense, a Poem written a.d. 1636, by the Rev. Richard James. Edited by Thomas Corser. (PDF 12.9MB)
8. (Also 19, 21, 22) Notitia Cestriensis, or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by Bishop Gastrell. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols, in 4 parts. (PDF 25.8MB)
9. The Norris Papers. Edited by Thomas Heywood. (PDF 4.4MB)
10. (Also 11, 16, 20) The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey. Edited by W. A. Hulton. 4 vols. (PDF 9.5MB)
11. (See 10) The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey. Edited by W. A. Hulton. 4 vols.
12. The Moore Rental. Edited by Thomas Heywood.
13. (Also 36, 114) The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington. Edited by James Crossley and R. C. Christie. 2 vols, in 3 parts.
14. The Journal of Nicholas Assheton. Edited by F. R. Raines.
15. The Holy Lyfe and History of Saynt Werburge, very frutefull for all Christen People to rede. Edited by Edward Hawkins.
16. (See 10) The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey. Edited by W. A. Hulton. 4 vols. (PDF 17.6MB)
17. Warrington in 1465. Edited by William Beamont.
18. The Diary of the Rev. Henry Newcome. Edited by Thomas Heywood.
19. (See  8) Notitia Cestriensis, or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by Bishop Gastrell. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols, in 4 parts.
20. (See 10) The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey. Edited by W. A. Hulton. 4 vols. (PDF 15.8MB)
21. (See 8) Notitia Cestriensis, or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by Bishop Gastrell. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols, in 4 parts.
22. (See 8) Notitia Cestriensis, or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by Bishop Gastrell. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols, in 4 parts.
23. A Golden Mirrour, by Richard Robinson of Alton. Edited by Thomas Corser.
24. Chetham Miscellanies. Vol. I. Edited by William Langton; containing Papers connected with the affairs of Milton and his Family. Edited by J. F. Marsh.
    Epistolary Reliques of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquaries, 1653-73. Communicated by George Ormerod.
    Calendars of the Names of Families which entered their several Pedigrees in the successive Heraldic Visitations of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Communicated by George Ormerod.
    A Fragment, illustrative of Sir Wm. Dugdale's Visitation of Lancashire. Edited by F. R. Raines.
    Autobiographical Tracts of Dr. John Dee. Edited by James Crossley.
25. Cardinal Allen's Defence of Sir William Stanley's Surrender of Deventer. Edited by Thomas Heywood.
26. (Also 27) The Autobiography of Henry Newcome, M.A. Edited by Rd. Parkinson. 2 vols.
27. (See 26) The Autobiography of Henry Newcome, M.A. Edited by Rd. Parkinson. 2 vols.
28. The Jacobite Trials at Manchester in 1694. Edited by William Beamont.
29. The Stanley Papers, Part I. The Earls of Derby and the Verse Writers and Poets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By Thomas Heywood.
30. Documents relating to the Priory of Penwortham, and other possessions in Lancashire of the Abbey of Evesham. Edited by W. A. Hulton.
31. The Stanley Papers, Part II. The Derby Household Books, comprising an account of the Household Regulations and Expenses of Edward and Henry, third and fourth Earls of Derby ; together with a Diary, containing the names of the guests who visited the latter Earl at his houses in Lancashire : by William Farrington, Esq., the Comptroller. Edited by F. R. Raines.
32. (Also 34, 40, 44) The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. Edited by Richard Parkinson. 4 vols.
33. (Also 51, 54) Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester. Edited by G. J. Piccope. 3 vols.
34. (See 32)  The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. Edited by Richard Parkinson. 4 vols.
35. (Also 41, 43, 46) The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall. Edited by John Harland. 4 vols.
36. (See 32) The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington. Edited by James Crossley and R. C. Christie. 2 vols, in 3 parts.
37. Vol. 37. Chetham Miscellanies, Vol. II. Edited by William Langton. Containing :The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Chester, the Earls Palatine, the Chamberlain, and other Officers. Edited by Joseph Brooks Yates.The Scottish Field (A Poem on the Battle of Flodden). Edited by John Robson.Examynatyons towcheynge Cokeye More, Temp. Hen. VIII. in a dispute between the Lords of the Manors of Middleton and Radclyffe. Communicated by F. R. Raines.A History of the Ancient Chapel of Denton, in Manchester Parish. By John Booker.A Letter from John Bradshawe of Gray's Inn to Sir Peter Legh of Lyme. Edited by William Langton.
38. Bibliographical Notices of the Church Libraries of Turton and Gorton bequeathed by Humphrey Chetham. Edited by Gilbert J. French.
39. The Farington Papers. Edited by Miss ffarington.
40. (See 32)  The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. Edited by Richard Parkinson. 4 vols.
41. (See 35) The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall. Edited by John Harland. 4 vols.
42. A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester Parish, including Sketches of the Townships of Didsbury, Withington, Burnage, Heaton Norris, Reddish, Levenshulme, and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. By John Booker.
43. (See 35) The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall. Edited by John Harland. 4 vols.
44. (See 32) The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. Edited by Richard Parkinson. 4 vols.
45. Miscellanies : being a selection from the Poems and Correspondence of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, B.D., of Clitheroe. With Memoirs of his Life. By F. R. Raines.
46. (See 35)  The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall. Edited by John Harland. 4 vols.
47. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Birch, in Manchester Parish, including a Sketch of the Township of Rusholme. By John Booker.
48. (Also 64) A Catalogue of the Collection of Tracts for and against Popery (published in or about the reign of James II.) in the Manchester Library founded by Humphrey Chetham. Edited by Thomas Jones. 2 vols.
49. (Also 50) The Lancashire Lieutenancy under the Tudors and Stuarts. The Civil and Military Government of the County, as illustrated by a series of Royal and other Letters ; Orders of the Privy Council, the Lord Lieutenant, and other Authorities, &c. Edited by John Harland. 2 parts.
50. (See 49) The Lancashire Lieutenancy under the Tudors and Stuarts. The Civil and Military Government of the County, as illustrated by a series of Royal and other Letters ; Orders of the Privy Council, the Lord Lieutenant, and other Authorities, &c. Edited by John Harland. 2 parts.
51. (See 33) Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester. Edited by G. J. Piccope. 3 vols.
52. (Also 55, 71, 77, 91, 100, 101, 102, 106, 108, 111) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
53. (Also 56, 58) Mamecestre : being Chapters from the early recorded History of the Barony, the Lordship or Manor, the Vill, Borough or Town, of Manchester. Edited by John Harland. 3 vols.
54. (See 33)  Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester. Edited by G. J. Piccope. 3 vols.
55. (See 52)  Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
56. (See 53)  Mamecestre : being Chapters from the early recorded History of the Barony, the Lordship or Manor, the Vill, Borough or Town, of Manchester. Edited by John Harland. 3 vols.
57. Chetham Miscellanies. Vol. III. Edited by William Langton. Containing :On the South Lancashire Dialect, with Biographical Notices of John Collier, the author of Tim Bobbin. By Thomas Heywood.Rentale de Cokersand : being the Bursar's Rent Roll of the Abbey of Cokersand for the year 1501. Edited by F. R. Raines.The Names of all the Gentlemen of the best callinge wthin the countye of Lancastre, whereof choyse ys to be made of a c'ten number to lend vnto her Matye moneye vpon privie seals in Janvarye 1588. From a manuscript in the possession of F. R. Raines.Some Instructions given by William Booth Esquire to his stewards John Carington and William Rowcrofte, upon the purchase of Warrington by Sir George Booth Baronet and William Booth his son, AD MDCXVIII. Communicated by William Beamont.Letter from Sir John Seton, Manchester ye 25 M'ch, 1643. Edited by Thomas Heywood.The Names of eight hundred inhabitants of Manchester who took the oath of allegiance to Charles II. in April, 1679. Communicated by John Harland.The Pole Booke of Manchester, May ye 22d 1690. Edited by William Langton.
58. (See 53)  Mamecestre : being Chapters from the early recorded History of the Barony, the Lordship or Manor, the Vill, Borough or Town, of Manchester. Edited by John Harland. 3 vols.
59. (Also 60) A History of the Chantries within the County Palatine of Lancaster : being the Reports of the Royal Commissioners of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Queen Mary. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols.
60. (See 59) A History of the Chantries within the County Palatine of Lancaster : being the Reports of the Royal Commissioners of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Queen Mary. Edited by F. R. Raines. 2 vols.
61. I. Abbott's Journal. II. An Account of the Tryalls, &c., in Manchester in 1694. Edited by Alexander Goss. (PDF: 8.2Mb)
62. Discourse of the Warr in Lancashire. Edited by William Beamont. (PDF: 10.1MB)
63. (Also 65) Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester in the Sixteenth Century. Edited by John Harland. 2 vols.
64. (See 48)  A Catalogue of the Collection of Tracts for and against Popery (published in or about the reign of James II.) in the Manchester Library founded by Humphrey Chetham. Edited by Thomas Jones. 2 vols.
65. (See 63)  Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester in the Sixteenth Century. Edited by John Harland. 2 vols.
66. (Also 67, 70) The Stanley Papers. Part III. Private Devotions and Miscellanies of James seventh earl of Derby, K.G., with a Prefatory Memoir and Appendix of Documents. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 vols.
67. (See 66)  The Stanley Papers. Part III. Private Devotions and Miscellanies of James seventh earl of Derby, K.G., with a Prefatory Memoir and Appendix of Documents. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 vols.
68. (Also 72) Collectanea relating to Manchester and its Neighbourhood, at various periods. Edited by John Harland. 2 vols.
69. (Also 73, 93, 94) The Admission Register of the Manchester School, with some Notices of the more distinguished Scholars. Edited by Jeremiah Finch Smith. 3 vols., in 4 parts.
70. (See 66) The Stanley Papers. Part III. Private Devotions and Miscellanies of James seventh earl of Derby, K.G., with a Prefatory Memoir and Appendix of Documents. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 vols.
71. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
72. (See 68) Collectanea relating to Manchester and its Neighbourhood, at various periods. Edited by John Harland. 2 vols.
73. (See 69) The Admission Register of the Manchester School, with some Notices of the more distinguished Scholars. Edited by Jeremiah Finch Smith. 3 vols., in 4 parts.
74. Three Lancashire Documents of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, namely : I. The Great De Lacy Inquisition, Feb. 16, 1311. II. Survey of 1320-1346. III. Custom Roll and Rental of the manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, 1421. Edited by John Harland.
75. Lancashire Funeral Certificates. Edited by Thomas William King. With additions by F. R. Raines.
76. Observations and Instructions divine and Morall. In Verse. By Robert Heywood of Heywood, Lancashire. Edited by James Crossley.
77. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
78. (Also 79, 80) Tracts written in the Controversy respecting the Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, earl of Chester, a.d. 1673-1679. By sir Peter Leycester, bart., and sir Thomas Mainwaring, bart. Edited by William Beamont. 3 parts.
79. (See 78) Tracts written in the Controversy respecting the Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, earl of Chester, a.d. 1673-1679. By sir Peter Leycester, bart., and sir Thomas Mainwaring, bart. Edited by William Beamont. 3 parts.
80. (See 78) Tracts written in the Controversy respecting the Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, earl of Chester, a.d. 1673-1679. By sir Peter Leycester, bart., and sir Thomas Mainwaring, bart. Edited by William Beamont. 3 parts.
81. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1567, by William Flower. Edited by F. R. Raines.
82. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613, by Richard St. George. Edited by F. R. Raines.
83. Chetham Miscellanies, Vol. IV., containing: Some Account of General Robert Venables, of Antrobus and Wincham, Cheshire ; with an engraving from his Portrait at Wincham, together with the Autobiographical Memoranda or Diary of his Widow, Elizabeth Venables. A Forme of Confession grounded upon the Ancient Catholique and Apostolique Faith. By Lady Bridget Egerton. a.d. 1636. A Kalender conteyning the Names of all such Gent, and others as upon her Maty's Pryvye Seales have paid there Money to the handes of Sir Hugh Cholmondley Knyghte Collectr, of Her Hyghnes Loane within the Countie of Chester, together wth the severall Somes and Daies of Receipt, a.d. 1597. History of Warrington Friary. Edited by William Beamont.
84. (Also 85, 88) The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 parts. 
85. (See 84) The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 parts. 
86. (Also 87) Annals of the Lords of Warrington for the first five centuries after the conquest. With historical notices of the place and neighbourhood. Edited by William Beamont. 2 vols., 2 parts.
87. (See 86) Annals of the Lords of Warrington for the first five centuries after the conquest. With historical notices of the place and neighbourhood. Edited by William Beamont. 2 vols., 2 parts.
88. (See 84) The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale. Edited by F. R. Raines. 3 parts. 
89. (Also 90) The Dr. Farmer Chetham MS., being a commonplace-book in the Chetham Library, temp. Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I., consisting of verse and prose, mostly hitherto unpublished. Edited by Alexander B. Grosart. 2 parts. 
90. (See 89) The Dr. Farmer Chetham MS., being a commonplace-book in the Chetham Library, temp. Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I., consisting of verse and prose, mostly hitherto unpublished. Edited by Alexander B. Grosart. 2 parts. 
91. (See 52)  Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
92. The History of the Parish of Kirkham. By Henry Fishwick. 
93. (See 73) The Admission Register of the Manchester School, with some Notices of the more distinguished Scholars. Edited by Jeremiah Finch Smith. 3 vols., in 4 parts.
94. (See 73) The Admission Register of the Manchester School, with some Notices of the more distinguished Scholars. Edited by Jeremiah Finch Smith. 3 vols., in 4 parts.
95. (Also 99) Abstracts of Inquisitions post Mortem, made by Christopher Towneley and Roger Dodsworth. Extracted from Manuscripts at Towneley. Edited by William Langton. 2 vols.
96. Chetham Miscellanies. Vol. V. Edited by F. R. Raines.A Description of the State, Civil and Ecclesiastical, of the County of Lancaster, about the year 1590, by some of the Clergy of the Diocese of Chester. A Visitation of the Diocese of Chester, by John, Archbishop of York, held in the Chapter House of the Collegiate and Parish Church of Manchester, 1590, with the Archbishop's Correspondence with the Clergy. Letters on the Claims of the College of Arms in Lancashire, in the time of James the First; by Leonard Smethley and Randle Holme, Deputy Heralds. The Easter Rolls of Whalley in the years 1552 and 1553. 
97. Contributions towards a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury in Cheshire. By Frank Renaud.
98. (Also 110) The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire, a.d. 1533, by special commission of Thomas Benalt. Edited by William Langton. 2 parts. 
99. (See 95) Abstracts of Inquisitions post Mortem, made by Christopher Towneley and Roger Dodsworth. Extracted from Manuscripts at Towneley. Edited by William Langton. 2 vols.
100. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
101. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
102. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
103. Chetham Miscellanies. Vol. VI. Edited by F. R. Raines.The Rent Roll of Sir John Towneley of Towneley, Knight, for Burnley, Ightenhill, &c., 1535-6.The Autobiography of Mr. Langley of Prestwich. A Close Catalogue of the Rectors of Prestwich, from 1316 to 1632. 
104. (Also 105) The History of the Parish of Garstang. Edited by Henry Fishwick, 2 parts. 
105. (See 104) The History of the Parish of Garstang. Edited by Henry Fishwick, 2 parts. 
106. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
107. (Also 113) Inventories of Goods in the Churches and Chapels in Lancashire, taken in the year a.d. 1552. Edited by John Eglington Bailey. 2 parts. 
108. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
109. Correspondence of Nathan Walworth and Peter Seddon of Outwood, and other Documents relating to the Building of Ringley Chapel. Edited by John Samuel Fletcher. 
110. (See 98) The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire, a.d. 1533, by special commission of Thomas Benalt. Edited by William Langton. 2 parts. 
111. (See 52) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica : or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical. By Thomas Corser. 11 parts.
112. Two Compoti of the Lancashire and Cheshire Manors of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, a.d. 1294-6, 1304-5. Edited by P. A. Lyons. With an Introduction by John Eglington Bailey. 
113. (See 107) Inventories of Goods in the Churches and Chapels in Lancashire, taken in the year a.d. 1552. Edited by John Eglington Bailey. 2 parts. 
114. (See 13) The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington. Edited by James Crossley and R. C. Christie. 2 vols, in 3 parts.

General Index to vols. 1-114. 2 vols.