Wiltshire Record Society


The Wiltshire Record Society is a text publication society in Wiltshire, England, which edits and publishes historic documents concerned with the history of Wiltshire.

History

In 1937 Ralph Pugh was the chief mover in a proposal to found the records branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. The Records Branch was established in 1939, and in 1967 it became the Wiltshire Record Society, an independent organisation in its own right. However, the numbering of the volumes published has remained continuous, the last volume published by the Records Branch being number 21 and the first volume under the new regime being number 22. The books published by both have all been bound in pale blue cloth and have the same size and format.
The work of the Society is funded by the subscribing members, some of them being academic bodies and libraries, but most are private individuals. An annual general meeting is held in Wiltshire once a year, usually in June.

General editors

Since 1939, the Society and its predecessor the Records Branch have produced roughly one volume per year, the list of publications being as follows:
  1. ', ed. Ralph Pugh, 1939
  2. ', H. P. Pafford, 1940
  3. ', ed. R. B. Pugh, 1947
  4. ', ed. H. C. Johnson, 1949
  5. ', ed. M. G. Rathbone, 1951
  6. ', ed. R. P. Beckinsale
  7. ', ed. A. W. Mabbs, 1953
  8. ', ed. Elizabeth Crittall, 1952
  9. ', ed. E. Kerridge, 1953
  10. ', ed. G. D. Ramsay, 1954
  11. ', ed. J. P. M. Fowle, 1955
  12. ', ed. N.J. Williams, 1956
  13. ', ed. R. L. Rickard, 1957
  14. ', ed. M. W. Farr, 1959
  15. ', ed. N. J. Williams, 1960
  16. ', ed. C. A. F. Meekings, 1961
  17. ', ed. Christabel Dale, 1961
  18. ', ed. Helena M. Chew, 1963
  19. ', ed. Julia de L. Mann, 1964
  20. ', ed. Doreen Slatter, 1965
  21. ', ed. Brenda Farr, 1966,
  22. ', ed. Brenda Farr, 1968
  23. ', ed. W. P. D. Murphy, 1969
  24. ', ed. R. B. Pugh, 1970.
  25. ', ed. R. E. Sandell, 1971
  26. ', ed. M. T. Clanchy, 1971
  27. ', ed. Mary Ransome, 1972
  28. ', ed. Angela Conyers, 1973
  29. ', ed. C. R. Elrington, 1974
  30. ', ed. R. E. Sandell, 1975
  31. ', ed. Paul Slack, 1975
  32. ', ed. B. Williams, 1977
  33. ', ed. R. B. Pugh, 1978
  34. ', ed. K. H. Rogers, 1979
  35. ', ed. Vera C. M. London, 1979
  36. ', ed. R. F. Hunnisett, 1981
  37. ', ed. Elizabeth Crittall, 1982
  38. ', ed. Alison D. Wall, 1983
  39. ', ed. T. C. B. Timmins, 1984
  40. ', ed. J. H. Chandler, 1985
  41. ', ed. J. L. Kirby, 1986
  42. ', ed. Janet H. Stevenson, 1987
  43. ', ed. Jane Freeman, 1988
  44. ', ed. Marjorie Reeves and Jean Morrison, 1989
  45. ', ed. D. A. Crowley, 1989
  46. ', ed. Phyllis Hembry, 1990
  47. ', ed. K. H. Rogers and indexed by J. H. Chandler, 1992
  48. ', ed. F. E. Warneford, 1993
  49. ', ed. J. L. Kirby, 1994
  50. ', ed. M. Cowan, 1996
  51. The Apprentice Registers of the Wiltshire Society, 1817–1922, ed. H. R. Henly, 1997
  52. Printed Maps of Wiltshire 1787–1844 : a selection of topographical, road and canal maps, in facsimile, ed. John Chandler, 1998
  53. Monumental Inscriptions of Wiltshire, ed. Peter Sherlock, 2000
  54. The First General Entry Book of the City of Salisbury, 1387–1452, ed. David R. Carr, 2001
  55. Devizes income tax assessments, 1842–1860, ed. Robert Colley, 2002
  56. Wiltshire Glebe Terriers, 1588–1827, ed. Steven Hobbs, 2003
  57. Wiltshire Farming in the Seventeenth Century, ed. Joseph Bettey, 2005
  58. Early Motor Vehicle Registration in Wiltshire 1903–1914, ed. Ian Hicks, 2006
  59. Marlborough Probate Inventories 1591–1775, ed. Lorelei Williams and Sally Thomson, 2007
  60. The Hungerford Cartulary, Part 2: a calendar of the Hobhouse cartulary of the Hungerford family, ed. J. L. Kirby, 2007
  61. The Court Records of Brinkworth and Charlton, 1544–1648, ed. Douglas Crowley, 2009
  62. The Diary of William Henry Tucker, 1825–1850, ed. Helen Rogers, 2009
  63. Gleanings from Wiltshire Parish Registers, ed. Steven Hobbs, 2010
  64. William Small's Cherished Memories and Associations, ed. Jane Howells and Ruth Newman, 2011
  65. Crown Pleas of the Wiltshire Eyre, 1268, ed. Brenda Farr and Christopher Elrington, 2012
  66. The Minute Books of Froxfield Almshouse 1714–1866, ed. Douglas Crowley, 2013
  67. Wiltshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1642–1654, ed. Ivor Slocombe, 2014
  68. Register of John Blyth, Bishop of Salisbury, 1493–1499, ed. David Wright, 2015
  69. The Churchwardens’ Accounts of St Mary’s, Devizes, 1633–1689, ed. Alex Craven, 2016