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Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter (Paperback)
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Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter (Paperback)
Series: Devon and Cornwall Record Society
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Death, burial, and the commemoration of the dead have been much
studied by historians in recent years, but far less has been done
to make available the sources on which these studies are based.
This book sets out to fill the gap with an anthology of the rich
and varied evidence that survives from the medieval city of Exeter.
It begins with a history of burial practices in the city: where
people were buried and why. This is followed by an edition of
theonly remaining local burial list, relating to the hospital of St
John, and by a register of all the 650 people known to have had a
funeral or burial in Exeter between 1050 and 1540 with details of
dates and places. The second part of the book deals with wills and
executors. It prints the eighteen earliest Exeter wills
(1244-1349), and two rare documents drawn up by executors: the
inventory of a prosperous widow's possessions (1324) and the
impressive, hitherto unedited, executors' accounts of Andrew
Kilkenny, dean of Exeter (1302-15). A list of all the surviving
Exeter wills up to 1540 (over 700 complete or in part) is also
provided. The final section centres on how the deadwere remembered.
This contains over a dozen obituary records naming men and women
and the dates of their deaths, ranging from the eleventh to the
sixteenth centuries. The records include some remarkably early
lists of members of guilds in the neighbourhood of Exeter, dating
from about the year 1100; the obituary list of the Exeter guild of
Kalendars in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; the oldest
specimens of the cathedral's 'obit accounts' from 1305-7; a
document establishing a chantry in 1305; and several 'obit
calendars' from Exeter Cathedral. Altogether the volume contains 2
registers of names and 36 documents, nearly all of which are making
their first appearance in print. All the documents have been
translated into modern English, and they are eminently suitable for
use by undergraduates and postgraduates as well as for academic
research. There are full introductions to each of the three
sections, three maps, eight pages of photographs, a glossary,
bibliography, and index.
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