F. G. Emmison

Frederick George "Derick" Emmison (28 May 1907 – 9 November 1995) was a British archivist, author and historian. He was County Archivist for Bedfordshire between 1925 and 1938, County Archivist for Essex between 1938 and 1969, a founder member of the British Records Association and the Society of Archivists, and a winner of the John Bickersteth Medal in 1974 and the Medlicott Medal in 1987. He was also a prolific author who made a significant contribution to our understanding of the Elizabethan era through close analysis of the minutiae of local records of that age in Essex.

Awards and honours Emmison was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Genealogists. Introduction to Archives. Published by British Broadcasting Corporation, 1964 Tudor Food And Pastimes. Published by Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1964 How To Read Local Archives, 1550–1770. Published by Historical Association, London, 1967 Elizabethan Life. Disorder: mainly from Essex Sessions and Assize Records. Published by Essex Record Office Publications, Chelmsford, 1970 Elizabethan Life: Morals And The Church Courts. Published by Essex County Council, Chelmsford, 1973 Elizabethan Life: Home, Work & Land: From Essex Wills And Sessions And Manorial Records. Published by Essex County Council, Chelmsford, 1976 Elizabethan Life. Wills of Essex Gentry & Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Published by Essex Record Office Publications, Chelmsford, 1978