John Horace Round

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John Horace Round , known as J. Horace Round (born February 22, 1854 in Hove , Essex , † June 25, 1928 in Brighton ) was a British medieval historian and genealogist .

J. Horace Round

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Round came from a family of bankers in Colchester , was financially independent by nature and studied history (Modern History) at Oxford University (Balliol College). There the Regius professor William Stubbs was one of his teachers. He was Deputy Lieutenant and Lord of the manor of the county of Essex, which - although born in Sussex - he considered his true home.

He was considered an authority on Norman times in England and on genealogical issues for the British aristocracy and in 1914 he became an honorary advisor to the British royal family on genealogical issues. He also advised the House of Lords on issues relating to the coronation ceremony. He edited the Domesday Book for Essex, which was seen as a major historical achievement in which he clarified many dark points, and made numerous contributions to The Complete Peerage and the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography .

He never married, was often ill, and was known to be militant among fellow historians and genealogists. In 1905 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.

Fonts

  • Geoffrey de Mandeville . A study of the anarchy , Longmans, Green 1892, Archives
  • Feudal England: historical studies on the eleventh and twelfth centuries , 1895, new edition Barnes and Noble 1964 (preface by Frank Merry Stenton ), Archive
  • The Commune of London and other studies , Westminster: A. Constable 1899, Archives
  • Calendar of documents preserved in France , London: HMSO, Volume 1, 1899, Volume 1
  • Studies in Peerage and Family History , London: Constable 1901, Online
  • Family origins and other studies , London: Constable 1930, reprinted 1970 (editor William Page)
  • Peerage and Pedigree: Studies in Peerage Law and Family History , 2 volumes, London: J. Nisbet 1910, Volume 1, Archives ,
  • The King's Serjeants and Officers of State, with their Coronation Services , London: J. Nisbet 1911, reprinted by Barnes and Noble 1970, Archives
  • Studies on The Red book of the Exchequer , London 1898, Archive
  • Publisher Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de XII comitatibus (1185) , Pipe Roll Society 1913
  • The early life of Anne Boleyn: a critical essay , London: Stock 1888, Archive
  • Published in: Essex Domesday Book, Victoria County History (VCH) Essex, Volume 1, 1903
    • He also wrote introductions to the Domesday Book sections in many volumes of the VCH (the large-scale project on the history of the counties in England, begun in 1899)
  • Published by: Ancient Charters royal and private prior to AD 1200, Pipe Roll Society, Volume 10, London 1888

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in English Historical Review, Volume 43, 1928, 572, jstor
  2. ^ Medieval Genealogy for the Domesday Book
personal data
SURNAME Round, John Horace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British medieval historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Hove
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1928
Place of death Brighton