Herbert Patrick Reginald Finberg (1900–1974)[1] was an English historian, typographer and publisher. After working at several publishing companies and founding his own (Alcuin Press), he joined the faculty of Leicester University in 1952.[2] He became head of the Department of English Local History, which was recognised as the only centre for postgraduate studies in the subject.[3] He edited the journal Agricultural History Review and three volumes of early Anglo-Saxon charters, Early Charters of Devon and Cornwall (1953), Early Charters of the West Midlands (1961) and Early Charters of Wessex (1964).[4] He also edited Scandinavian England. Collected Papers by F. T. Wainwright. Other works included Tavistock Abbey (1949), The Formation of England (1974) and Manual of Catholic Prayer (1962).[5][2]