Book Reviews


Review of the Cartulary and Charter of the Priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Ipswich, Part 1: The Cartulary published online in Achives and Records, The Journal of Archives and Records Association, 11th September 2019.

Review from Anothony Smith, Archives and Records (2019)

Review of The Loes and Wilford Poor Law Incorporation 1765-1826 published in Rural History (32) April 2021. Please click this link to go to Rural History where you can read the article for free:

Bayly, M. (2021). The Loes and Wilford Poor Law Incorporation 1765–1826: ‘A Prison with a Milder Name’. Rural History,32(1), 115-119. doi:10.1017/S0956793320000175

Book Reviews from The Local Historian


Review of the Cartulary and Charter of the Priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Ipswich, Part II: The Charters published in The Local Historian Vol 50: No 4.

Review from The Local Historian Vol 50: No 4 (October 2020)

Review of the Crown Pleas of the Suffolk Eyre of 1240 (Volume 64) published in The Local Historian Volume 52: No 3 (July 2022).

Review from TLH Vol 52 – Crown Pleas of Suffolk

Review of Monks Eleigh Manorial Records, 1210-1683 (Volume 65) published in The Local Historian Volume 53: No 1 (January 2023).

Review from TLH Vol 53 – Monks Eleigh

Review of Records of Medieval Newmarket (Volume 66) published in The Local Historian Volume 54:No 1 (February 2024).

Review-from-TLH-Vol-54-Records-of-Medieval-Newmarket.pdf

Book Reviews from the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History


Household Investories of Helmingham Hall: 1597-1741. (Suffolk Records Society vol. 61). Edited by Moira Coleman. xxxvii + 342 pp., plates, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2018. ISBN 978 1 78327 274. Price £35 hb.

Review – Helmingham Hall, 1597-1741, SIAH, 2019

The Cartulary and Charters of the Priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Ipswich. Part 1: The Cartulary (Suffolk Charters XX). Edited by David Allen. xix + 292 pp., b&w pls, bibliography, maps. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2018. ISBN 978 1 78327 354 6. Price £30 hb.

Review – Saints Peter and Paul, Ipswich, SIAH, 2019

Monks Eleigh Manorial Records, 1210–1683. (Suffolk Records Society, vol. 65). Edited by Vivienne Aldous. lv + 370 pp. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press for the Suffolk Records Society, 2022. ISBN 978 1 78327 679 0. Price £90.00 hb, £24.99 Ebook.

Review - Monks Eleigh Manorial Records, SIAH 2024

Records of Medieval Newmarket. Manor Court Rolls 1399–1413 and Manor Account Rolls 1403–1483 (Suffolk Records Society, vol. 66). Edited by James Davis and Joanne Sear. xxxix + 318 pp., illustrations, appendix, two indices. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press for the Suffolk Records Society, 2023. ISBN 978 1 83765 012 5. Price £85 hb, £24.99 Ebook.

Review - Records of Medieval Newmarket, SIAH 2024

The Franciscans in Medieval Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk Charters XXII). Edited by Francis Young, xv + 174pp., maps, figures. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press for the Suffolk Records Society, 2023. ISBN 978 1 837 65 1016. Price £40 hb.

Review - The Franciscans of Medieval Bury St Edmunds, SIAH 2024