| Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office XXVI: 21-25 Henry VI (1442-1447) Contributor(s): Holford, M. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1843834790 ISBN-13: 9781843834793 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $261.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: IPMs...are a hugely valuable source of information for those interested in the more 'everyday' social and economic life of medieval England. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General |
| Dewey: 333.322 |
| LCCN: 56040090 |
| Series: Public Record Office: Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 9.3" W x 6.3" (2.80 lbs) 674 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inquisitions post mortem are the single most important source for the history of medieval English landed society, and are indispensable to social, economic, and political historians of the later middle ages; they were compiled with the help of jurors from the area, as a county-by-county record of a deceased individual's land-holdings and associated rights, where the individual held land directly of the crown. It is this explicit connection with land and locality - in economic, social, political, and topographical terms - that makes these documents of such comprehensive interest. This fifth volume in the new series, which calendars the inquisitions and related documents from Henry VI's reign more fully than ever before, deals with the years between 1442 and 1447. It includes valuable information and detailed returns on the estates of the greater aristocracy - e.g. John Beaufort, duke of Somerset (d. 1444), and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (d. 1447), alongside lesser landholders, jurors' names and full manorial extents. It also provides comprehensive indexes of persons, places, and subjects. ACADEMIC DIRECTOR AND GENERAL EDITOR: Christine Carpenter |