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The diplomas of King Æthelred ‘the Unready’ 978—1016: a study in their use as historical evidence Simon Keynes Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 1980 295pp., illus. £18.50 The Hospitaller Cartulary in the British Library (Cotton MS. Nero E VI): a study of the manuscript and its composition with a critical edition of two fragments of earlier cartularies for Essex Michael Gervers Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1981 xxil + 386 pp., illus. Canadian $24 Guide to Bishops’ Registers of England and Wales. A survey from the Middle Ages to the abolition of episcopacy in 1646 David M. Smith Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks No. 11, 1981 xvi + 286 pp. £15 A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398–1405: Part 1 R. N. Swanson University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, Borthwick Texts and Calendars No. 8, 1981 x+147 pp. £5.50 Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace at the Sheriff's Table during Assizes Week 1578–1694 Edited by B. W. Quintrell Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Volume cxxi, 1981 xiv + 215 pp. £11.50 to non‐members (obtainable from B.C. Redwood, Cheshire Record Office, The Castle, Chester) Calendar of Assize Records Edited by J. S. Cockburn Surrey Indictments, James I London, H.M.S.6., 1982 vii + 407 pp. £65 Essex Indictments, James I London, H.M.S.O., 1982 vii + 370 pp. £45 Wiltshire Coroners’ Bills 1752–1796 Edited by R. F. Hunnisett Devizes, Wiltshire Record Society, Vol. xxxvi, 1981 for 1980 liv + 239 pp. £10 to non‐members (obtainable from M. J. Lansdown, 53 Clarendon Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire) W. E. Gladstone IV: Autobiographical Memoranda 1868–1894 Edited by John Brooke and Mary Sorensen London, H.M.S.O. for the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Prime Ministers Papers Series, 1981 viii + 166 pp. £15 Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1782–1900; The Manuscript Papers of British Scientists 1600–1940; Guide to the Location of Collections described in the Reports and Calendars Series 1870–1980 London, H.M.S.O. for the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1982. Guides to Sources for British History Nos. 1–3. 1: xi + 75 pp. 2: vii 4‐ 109 pp. 3: x+71 pp. Each £3.95 British Archives. A guide to archive resources in the United Kingdom Janet Foster and Julia Sheppard London, Macmillan, 1982 xxv + 533 pp. £25 (obtainable through booksellers or directly from Globe Book Services Ltd., Canada Road, Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7JL) Archivists and machine‐readable records Edited by Carolyn L. Geda, Erik W. Austin and Francis X. Blouin, jun. Chicago, Society of American Archivists, 1980 248 pp. $10 to non‐members Archives and Manuscripts: an introduction to automated access H. Thomas Hickerson Chicago, Society of Anierican Archivists Basic Manual Series, 1981 60 pp. $7 to non‐members A Select Bibliography on Business Archives and Records Management Compiled and edited by Karen M. Benedict Chicago, Society of American Archivists, 1981 144 pp. $9 to non‐members Glengamock A Scottish open hearth steelworks. The works ‐ the people Edited by Derek Charman Aalst‐Waalre, De Archaeologische Pers, 1981 121 pp., illus. £3.90 + 90p postage (from De Archaeologische Pers, 5582 GH Aalst‐Waalre, Lelielaan 3, Netherlands) Constitutional Relations between Britain and India. The Transfer of Power 1942–7. Vol. IX. The Fixing of a Time Limit, 4 November 1946–22 March 1947 Edited by N. Mansergh and Penderel Moon London, HMSO, 1980 cxxv + 1053 pp. £55 Preservation of paper and textiles of historic and artistic value, II Edited by John C. Williams Washington, American Chemical Society, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 193, 1981 355 pp. $44.75