Source Information

Ancestry.com. Documents of Medieval Framlingham, 1270-1524 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Ridgard, John, ed.. Medieval Framlingham Select Documents 1270–1524. Suffolk, England: Boydell, 1985.

About Documents of Medieval Framlingham, 1270-1524

This database contains information on Framlingham in the Middle Ages and the earlier part of the sixteenth century. It includes a general historical introduction to medieval and early Tudor Framlingham as well as short introductions to the selected documents included in this work. These documents are:

  • Extent of Framlingham, from Inquisition Post Mortem of Roger Bigod 1270
  • Account Roll, Framlingham Manor 1286–1287
  • Household List, the Earl Marshall (Roger Bigod) c. 1294–1295
  • Account Roll, Various Officers, Framlingham Castle 1324–1325
  • Account Roll of the Keeper of the Hospice, Framlingham Castle 1385–1386
  • Inventory, Framlingham Castle 28 May 1524
In addition to these documents the database also includes four essays relating aspects of Framlingham's social and economic history.