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For over sixty years, the Society has been committed to producing books that bring Suffolk’s rich historical literature to a wider audience. Covering a period of seven hundred years, these volumes of letters, diaries, maps, accounts and other archives have made a major contribution to historical studies of the county and are a useful tool for both professional and amateur historians, as well as being a source of information for anyone interested in Suffolk’s history.

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Records of Medieval Newmarket
  • Manor Court Rolls 1399-1413 and Manor Account Rolls 1403-1483
  • Edited by James Davis, Joanne Sear
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    10 January 2024
    Print publication:
    23 May 2023
  • Medieval manorial records provide a unique insight into the economic and social life of local communities, as well as the different approaches adopted by lords in managing their estates.

Monks Eleigh Manorial Records, 1210-1683
  • Edited by Vivienne Aldous
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    20 December 2023
    Print publication:
    20 May 2022
  • The manor was one of the principal units of medieval administration, providing a legal framework for land tenure, the prosecution of crimes and misdemeanours and social control. For the lord of a manor it was a source of supplies and income for the maintenance of his status and power. For the tenants the manor formed the everyday focus of their working lives, because they typically owed work services on his land and were subject to the manorial court for wrong doings, the settlement of disputes, the holding of their lands and payment of various feudal dues. Manors were the standard unit of land tenure for centuries, but they changed and developed over time and differed in their administration according to the particular custom of each manor.

    The records of the manor of Monks Eleigh are typical of those which still exist for hundreds of manors across England. They allow us to glimpse some of the details of the people who lived and worked there over a period of some four centuries.

The Crown Pleas of the Suffolk Eyre of 1240