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Stories of injustice, feuding, chicanery and natural disasters told
through the words of Lincolnshire people in the Middle Ages. When
the normal channels for righting wrongs or asking favours were
unavailable, the people of medieval England petitioned their kings
- in parliament, council, or chancery. Lincolnshire's inhabitants
took full advantage of these opportunities, and their stories are
told now through their petitions drawn from The National Archives,
edited here. Throughout the county, over three centuries,
Lincolnshire's petitioners sought redress for their wrongs or
requested special favours. Petitions were presented by all sections
of society: men and women, aristocrats, peasants, merchants,
townsmen, bishops, abbots, and other clergy. Their stories
illuminate political turmoil, religious and economic change, and
the influence of geography. They also show vividly how
Lincolnshire's experience was part of the national, and even
international, story. The introduction to this volume sets the
documents within England's administrative, legal, political,
economic and social framework, and is followed by the texts of
almost 200 petitions. These were selected from a much greater
possible number for their interest and variety; and each is
enhanced by extensive notes
The Cartulary of Beauchief Abbey, here published for the first time
with a full historical introduction and English summaries of all
the Latin and French charters, is an invaluable resource for the
study of relationships between a small community of regular canons
with a large outreach in the English Midlands in the late Middle
Ages. Over two hundred charters and a wide range of other sources
show in considerable and valuable detail how the canons of
Beauchief, although they belonged to a monastic order and led a
life of withdrawal from the world, nonetheless engaged successfully
with numerous benefactors in contributing, by active management of
properties and parishes, to the promotion of religious life in town
and country as well as to long-lasting developments in farming and
industry. This book underlines the increasing recognition of the
historical importance of regular canons in late medieval England.
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