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1066-1400 Medieval Sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey, by Michael Burchall, published 2008 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504795][LIB/501588][Lib/503510]

A detailed historical study by Michael Burchall FSG listing all the Sheriffs and explaining their role.

1661-1800 Sussex Poor 1, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2008 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS6, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501589][Lib/504790]

Full details of 8000 Quarter Session cases involving 20,000 people (criminals and victims, apprentices, bastardy, lunatics, settlement, workhouses, gaols, soldiers ..) from all nine Sussex venues. Transcribed and indexed by Michael Burchall FSG.

Sussex Genealogical Centre 1979-1986, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2009 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXGS, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504796]

including facsimiles of over 1600 typed pages of the 27 editions of The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, 10 Occasional Papers, and the 1986 Family History Annual. Compiled by Michael Burchall.

1789-1867 Sussex Convicts Transported to Australia, published 2011 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BE02, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501593][Lib/504800]

Sussex Convicts Transported to Australia from 1789-1867 is extracted from the National Archives original records (HO11) and referenced to many subsequent secondary sources. The Introduction gives the history of transportation back to 1248.

Sussex Nonconformists Registers, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2011 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXNC, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504794]

Over 50 Sussex Nonconformist Chapel pre-1837 Registers - mainly baptisms and burials - transcribed by Michael Burchall from 1977. Set out in alphabetical order by place, then date

1767-1799 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508036]

CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Nearly 15,000 persons are named and indexed.

1800-1825 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BE03, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501587][Lib/504792]

A CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Over 30,000 persons are named and indexed.

1826-1850 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2013 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV9, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507812]

Calendared CD extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG of Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth from records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict with the Punishment. It has many more cases than the two CDs covering earlier periods though the same price. The series has up to a quarter of a million names and is word searchable to find a person, crime, location or date etc. An invaluable reference tool for local and family historians and other researchers of this quarter century when Sussex was rapidly changing from a mediaeval to a more modern administration.

1552 Sussex Lay Subsidy, compiled by Michael J. Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXLS, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508011]

Transcribed by Michael J Burchall, FSG, from the original records in the National Archives, together with an Introduction and Surname Index as well as Search Instructions and Links to other Websites. Men (and a few women) are listed with their Assessment and Payment which is totalled for each Parish. This tax replaced the earlier relief in Edward VI's reign and was the fourth payment in 1552 of the original tax of 1549. It was levied on goods worth more than Ten Pounds for native-born and double that for foreigners. Aliens (and denizens without moveable goods worth between 20 shillings [£1] and £10) were assessed and paid 12d (pence) in the pound (5%) or a poll tax of 8d per head if they did qualify on moveable goods.

1696 Association Oath Rolls for Sussex and Cinque Ports, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXOR, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507893][Lib/507894]

A full transcript of all the Sussex (and Cinque Ports) men who signed an Oath of Allegiance to King William III in 1696 following an attempted assassination. Men (over age 20) including clergy are listed in the place they signed, and only 5% signed by mark. Michael Burchall has transcribed all these signatures from the originals at the National Archives and he writes a full historical introduction and gives a potted biography of major office bearers. Sussex is one of the first counties where names have been abstracted. These Oath Rolls of 1696 fill the gap between the Hearth Tax Lists of the 1660s and the Land Tax Lists of 1785 (extracted by the Sussex Record Society).

1625 - 1800 Sussex Assizes, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXASZ, CD-ROM)

Abstracts of 2718 cases tried between 1625 and 1800 at the higher Assize Courts held in Lent and Summer at Horsham (which had the county gaol from 1541), East Grinstead (a popular venue for Justices before turnpike roads) and Lewes. The CD complements the classic Millennium of Facts of The History of Horsham and Sussex 947-1947 compiled by William Albery. It also includes a list of Burials of prisoners from Horsham Gaol, and the old and new references to Assize Indictment Files in The National Archives with Dates and Places held, as well as a Surname Index.

1774-1871 Sussex and Home Counties Directories & Poll Books, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: XTEN, CD-ROM)

A composite CD of ten previously issued mini-CDs of scanned pages from Sussex 1823-4 Pigot Directory; Six Home Counties 1851 Post Office Directory; Sussex 1851,1859, 1871 Post Office Directories; Chichester 1804 Seagrave Guide and Directory; Sussex Poll 1774 & 1832; Lewes Poll 1802-26; Brighton Poll 1847 & 1852. While Directories give a full flavour of a place at a certain time, Poll Books include only property-owning males, but they do mention who they voted for !

1801-1850 The Sussex Poor 2, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS9, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501590][Lib/504791]

Edited abstracts of all the poor law cases dealt with by justices at Quarter Sessions covering the whole county of Sussex for the period 1801-1850, following on Michael Burchall's earlier CD (BPS6). The Introduction outlines the changing statutes concerning the three major categories of vagrants: idle and disorderly persons, rogues and beggars, and incorrigible rogues.

Sussex History 1870 by Mark Antony Lower 2 volumes, by Mark Antony Lower, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXHL, CD-ROM)