Davis / Sear Records of Medieval Newmarket

Manor Court Rolls 1399-1413 and Manor Account Rolls 1403-1483
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80010-854-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 66, 360 Seiten, EPDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Suffolk Records Society

Medieval manorial records provide a unique insight into the economic and social life of local communities, as well as the different approaches adopted by lords in managing their estates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, James

Sear, Joanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and acknowledgements
List of illustrations

INTRODUCTION
The court roll manuscripts
The account roll manuscripts
Working practices of the clerks
The courts
General court
Market court
Fair court
Leet court
The accounts
The lords of the manor
The origins and development of Newmarket as a trading settlement
Location
Institutional structure
Seigneurial investment
Trading structures
The role of women

Editorial method and abbreviations

THE COURT ROLLS OF THE MANOR OF NEWMARKET, 1399-1413
General court
Market court
Fair court
Leet court

THE ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE MANOR OF NEWMARKET, 1403/4-1482/83

Appendix: Two royal charters for Newmarket fairs
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of people and places
Index of subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Davis James:
James Davis is a reader in medieval history at Queen's University Belfast. He has published widely on the economic and social history of late medieval England, with a focus on markets, trade and small towns.Sear Joanne:
Joanne Sear gained her doctorate with a thesis on late medieval trade and commerce in a number of small East Anglian market towns, including Newmarket. She is currently editor of the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.