Royal Writs addressed to John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln 1363-1398
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Bishop of Lincoln
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Clerical Poll-Taxes
Crown and church relations
Episcopal archives
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Gentry class
Hampshire
Late medieval England
Yorkshire
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- ISBN 9780907239581
- Weight: 652g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 1997
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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These writs, previously largely unstudied, prove a rich source of information on government, law and society, as well as the church.
The many commands which the crown addressed to bishops represent a rich source of information about the history of government, law, and lay society, as well as about the church itself. The writs collected in this volume touch on many aspects of life in the later fourteenth century, including tax gathering, political upheaval, property disputes, Lollardy, and foreign warfare. The bishop is seen swearing in local officials, setting up commissions of enquiry,organising the attendance of the clergy in parliament, and consulting episcopal archives to answer queries from the lay courts. It also provides a vivid series of vignettes of family life among the gentry class from Yorkshire toHampshire. An extensive introduction places the writs in their historical and archival contexts, and offers suggestions for further lines of research.
Dr A.K. McHARDY is the author of numerous articles about the relationsbetween crown and church in late medieval England, as well as an edition of the Clerical Poll-Taxes of the Diocese of Lincoln 1377-1381 (Lincoln Record Society, 1992)
ALISON K. MCHARDY was formerly Reader in Medieval English History at the University of Nottingham.
