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Proctors for Parliament: Clergy, Community and Politics, c.1248-1539. (The National Archives, Series SC 10) - Volume I: c.1248-1377 (Hardcover)
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Proctors for Parliament: Clergy, Community and Politics, c.1248-1539. (The National Archives, Series SC 10) - Volume I: c.1248-1377 (Hardcover)
Series: Canterbury & York Society
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Edition of a major, previously unpublished, source for the history
of England's medieval parliament. In the middle ages clergy of all
ranks, from archbishops to parochial clergy, sent proctors to
parliament, whether as representatives of constituency groups -
diocesan clergy and cathedral chapters - or substitutes for those
expected to attend in person. The National Archives series SC 10
contains 2,520 surviving letters of appointments by these
parliamentarians, both groups and, more especially, individuals,
cathedral deans, archdeacons, and many bishops;especially valuable
are the letters sent by bishops whose registers have not survived,
as in the case of Chichester and of the Welsh dioceses. Most
numerous of all are the letters of parliamentary abbots. This
volume presents the first printed edition of the documents, opening
up a level of political activity and interaction which has hitherto
been unexplored. The introduction describes the history of
proctorial practice and the fortunes of this source, with an
analysis of its contents, while the appendices contain ancillary
and misfiled documents, and brief biographies of many of the
proctors. This first of a two-volume set covers the period from the
beginning of the series under Henry III until the end of Edward
III's reign. A second volume, covering the years from the accession
of Richard II until the end of the series under Henry VIII, with
also include analysis of the proctors and the indexto both volumes.
Phil Bradford gained his PhD in medieval history from the
University of York and is currently Vicar of St Michael's,
Worcester; Alison K. McHardy was formerly Reader in Medieval
English History at theUniversity of Nottingham. She has published
extensively on the relations between crown and church in
late-medieval England, and on the politics of Richard II's reign.
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