The Fifteenth Century XIV: Essays Presented to Michael Hicks

by Linda Clark (Editor), A J Pollard (Contribution by), Anne Curry (Contribution by), Anne F Sutton (Contribution by), Caroline M. Barron (Contribution by)

Overview

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

For four decades, Michael Hicks has been a figure central to the study of fifteenth-century England. His scholarly output is remarkable both for its sheer bulk and for the diversity of the fields it covers. This extraordinary breadth is reflected by the variety of subjects covered by the papers in the present volume, offered to Professor Hicks by friends, colleagues and former students to mark his retirement from the University of Winchester. Fifteenth-century royalty, nobility and gentry, long at the heart of his own work, naturally take centre stage, but his contribution to economic and regional history, both in the early part of his career as a research fellow at the Victoria County History and more recently as director of a succession of major research projects, is also reflected in the essays presented here.
The individual contributions are populated by some of the major characters of Yorkist England, many of them made household names by Professor Hicks's own writings - King Edward IV and his mistresses; the Neville earls of Warwick and Salisbury; the Stafford, Herbert, Percy, Tiptoft and de Vere earls of Devon, Pembroke,Northumberland, Worcester and Oxford - while the themes covered span the full panoply of medieval life: from treason to trade, warfare to widowhood and lordship to law enforcement. Equally broad is the papers' geographical spread,covering regions from Catalonia to Normandy, from Hampshire to Yorkshire and from Worcestershire and the Welsh marches to East Anglia.

Contributors: Anne Curry, Christopher Dyer, Peter Fleming, Ralph Griffiths, JohnHare, Winifred Harwood, Matthew Holford, Hannes Kleineke, Gordon McKelvie, Mark Page, Simon Payling, A.J. Pollard, James Ross, Karen Stöber, Anne F. Sutton

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783270484
Publisher:	BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date:	08/20/2015
Series:	ISSN , #14
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

LINDA CLARK is Editor Emeritus at the History of Parliament.

Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England.

Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

JAMES ROSS is Reader in Late Medieval History at the University of Winchester, UK. He has published extensively on the late medieval nobility, kingship and political society.

PETER FLEMING is Professor Emerius,University of the West of England.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Contributors x

Abbreviations xii

Preface xiii

Michael Hicks: An Appreciation Caroline Barron xv

Disciplinary Ordinances for English Garrisons in Normandy in the Reign of Henry V Anne Curry 1

Lords in a Landscape: the Berkeley Family and Northfield (Worcestershire) Christopher Dyer 13

Hampshire and the Parish Tax of 1428 Mark Page 39

The Livery Act of 1429 Gordon McKelvie 55

An Indenture between Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and Sir Edmund Darell of Sessay, North Riding, 1435 A. J. Pollard 67

The Pursuit of Justice and Inheritance from Marcher Lordships to Parliament: the Implications of Margaret Malefaunt's Abduction in Gower in 1438 Ralph Griffiths 77

The Battles of Mortimer's Cross and Second St. Albans: The Regional Dimension Peter Fleming 91

Widows and the Wars of the Roses: the Turbulent Marital History of Edward IV's Putative Mistress, Margaret, daughter of Sir Lewis John of West Horndpn, Essex S.J. Payling 103

Some Observations on the Household and Circle of Humphrey Stafford, Lord Stafford of Southwick and Earl of Devon; the Last Will of Roger Bekensawe Hannes Kleineke 117

The Treatment of Traitors' Children and Edward IV's Clemency in the 1460s James Ross 131

Edward IV and Bury St. Edmunds' Search for Self-Government Anne F. Sutton 143

The Exchequer Inquisitions Post Mortem Matthew Holford 161

Hams for Prayers: Regular Canons and their Lay Patrons in Medieval

Catalonia Karen Stöber 175

Production, Specialisation and Consumption in Late Medieval Wessex John Hare 189

A Butt of Wine and Two Barrels of Herring: Southampton's Trading Links 207 with Religious Institutions in Winchester and South Central England, 1430-1540 Wintered A. Harwood 207

Index 229

The Published Works of Michael Hicks, 1977-2015 243

Tabula Gratulatoria 251

Editorial Reviews

As is always the case with The Fifteenth Century series, the articles are thought provoking and the chapters cover a wide range of themes. The volume is an excellent addition to the series, and one which pays tribute to an outstanding scholar.

THE RICARDIAN

This festschrift with its uniformly excellent collection of articles does justice to someone who has made such a significant contribution to the writing of the history of the late middle ages.

SOUTHERN HISTORY

This festschrift with its uniformly excellent collection of articles does justice to someone who has made such a significant contribution to the writing of the history of the late middle ages. SOUTHERN HISTORY

As is always the case with The Fifteenth Century series, the articles are thought provoking and the chapters cover a wide range of themes. The volume is an excellent addition to the series, and one which pays tribute to an outstanding scholar. THE RICARDIAN

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