Reference
Sources and Bibliography
Primary sources, published histories, and reference materials used across the platform. Individual manor profiles include their own source bibliographies specific to that record.
Victoria County History
The principal authority for English local history, published since 1899 by the Institute of Historical Research.
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4 (1953)
Rape of Chichester: parishes including Fishbourne, Bosham, Appledram, Birdham.
View onlineVCH Hampshire, Vol. 3 (1908)
Portsdown hundred: parishes including Wymering, Portchester, Cosham.
View onlineNational Archives
The Manorial Documents Register and primary documents held at Kew.
Manorial Documents Register
Records the location of manorial documents: court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, and extents.
View onlineInquisitions Post Mortem
Records of inquiries held after the death of a tenant-in-chief, establishing what they held and who should inherit.
View onlinePrimary Sources
Domesday Book, charters, subsidy rolls, and other primary documents.
Domesday Book (1086)
The great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror. Searchable at Open Domesday.
View onlineFeudal Aids (1284–1431)
Published volumes recording knight's fees and tenurial records.
Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535)
Survey of church property ordered by Henry VIII in advance of the Dissolution.
Archaeological and Secondary Sources
Published excavation reports, academic papers, and local histories.
Barry Cunliffe, Excavations at Fishbourne 1961–1969 (1971)
Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Nos. XXVI–XXVII.
Barry Cunliffe, Excavations at Portchester Castle (1975)
Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
RIB 91 (Chichester inscription)
Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, great king in Britain. Roman Inscriptions of Britain, Vol. 1.
View onlineMaps and Surveys
Tithe maps, historic Ordnance Survey, and other cartographic sources.
Hampshire Tithe Maps (c. 1840)
Parish-level land use surveys. Held at Hampshire Record Office.
External References
Related sites and identifiers.