The abbots and priors of late medieval and Reformation England PDF
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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi THE ABBOTS AND PRIORS OF LATE MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION ENGLAND OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England MARTIN HEALE 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. 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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi For Jonathan and Beth OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi Acknowledgements This book has been a long time in the making. It originated as my postdoctoral projectandhasbeenthefocusofmyattention—onandoff—forfifteenyears.Itis fairtosaythatwritingabookaboutabbotshasbeenarathermorechallengingtask thanIanticipatedwhenIfirstcameupwiththeideaasaPh.D.student.Without the help, guidance, and support that I have received from numerous people and institutions along the way, it would have taken me much longer to complete this book,anditsshortcomingsandimperfectionswouldhavebeenallthegreater. My greatest debt is to the British Academy, which has supported my project from the very outset. My research on abbots began during a BA postdoctoral fellowship at the University of York. After I moved to Liverpool, the Academy awarded me a small research grant to purchase microfilms of several unpublished abbots’andpriors’registers,whichgreatlyassistedmywork.Finally,thebulkofthe writing of this book was completed during an extended period of research leave fundedbyaBritishAcademyResearchDevelopmentAward. I have also benefited from a fellowship at the Huntington Library andfrom an AuthorPublicationGrantfromthePaulMellonCentreforStudiesinBritishArt, both of which are acknowledged with gratitude. The ongoing financial and prac- tical support I have received from the University of Liverpool has likewise much facilitatedmyresearch. I began this project under the mentoring of David Smith, and have profited enormously from his scholarship, advice, generosity, and friendship over the past fifteen years. My book self-evidently rests on the foundations of his remarkable workontheHeadsofReligiousHousesseries;andpriortothepublicationofthefinal HRH volume in 2008, he very kindly shared the fruits of his research with me. I have consulted the HRH volumes constantly while researching and writing this book,andmyadmirationforthemhasgrowneverdeeperasmyworkprogressed. Manyotherscholars,colleagues,andfriendshavesharedtheirideasandknowledge withme,suggestednewavenuesofresearch,andofferedhelpfulcriticism.Thethree anonymousreviewers for OxfordUniversityPressprovidedthought-provoking and perceptive guidance, which I have tried to take on board. I am also grateful to everyone who has commented on conference and seminar papers, passed on refer- ences,discussedideaswithme,orhelpedmeinsomeotherway—includingFrances Andrews,CarolineBarron,GeorgeBernard,PaulBooth,PaulBotley,HaraldBraun, JanetBurton,MichaelCarter,PeterClarke,MariosCostambeys,GodfriedCroenen, JamesDavis,GwilymDodd,HughDoherty,JudyFrost,ChrisGiven-Wilson,Joan Greatrex, Anselm Gribbin, David Griffith, Matt Houlbrook, Emilia Jamroziak, MaureenJurkowski,JulianLuxford,DiarmaidMacCulloch,EdwardMeek,Veronica O’Mara, Nicholas Orme, Mark Ormrod, Nigel Ramsay, Daniel Scroop, Pauline Stafford,ChristianSteer,KarenStöber,TedWestervelt,andCindyWood.Iwould also like to thank all of the speakers at the 2011 Liverpool conference on the late OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi viii Acknowledgements medievalprelate,whosepapersprovidedmuchstimulationformywork.Ifirstbegan researchonthemonasticsuperiorunderthesupervisionofBarrieDobson,whosadly passedawaybeforetheculminationofthisproject.Itowesagreatdealtohisguidance andencouragement. I am very grateful to all the staff at Oxford University Press—and especially Stephanie Ireland and Cathryn Steele—for their expert guidance and assistance throughout the production of this volume. I also acknowledge with gratitude the helpprovidedbythelibrariansandarchivistsinthenumerousrepositoriesinwhich Ihaveworkedwhilecarryingoutmyresearchforthisbook. To my family, who have lived with abbots and priors for longer than they can remember,Ioffermyheartfeltthanks.Mel’sunstintingsupport,andhertolerance forallthosetimeswhenI(ormymind)waselsewhere,hasbeenheroic.Ihavebeen working on this book for all, or most, of Jonathan’s and Beth’s lives, and during thattimetheymayhavevisitedafewmoremedievalmonasteriesandchurchesthan they would independently have chosen. They have been a source of joy, fun, and welcomedistractionovertheyearsinwhichIhavebeenengagedinthisproject,and Idedicatetheendprojecttothemwithlove. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,22/7/2016,SPi Contents ListofIllustrations xi ListofTables xiii Abbreviations xv NoteaboutNames xvii Introduction 1 1. ElectionandSelection 15 2. AbbotsandPriorsintheirCommunity 57 3. AbbotsandPriorsasAdministrators 101 4. LivingStandardsandDisplay 139 5. AbbotsandPriorsinPublicLife 187 6. TheExternalRelationsandReputationoftheLateMedievalSuperior 227 7. TheEarlySixteenthCentury 271 8. Dissolution,Opposition,Accommodation 309 9. Epilogue:TheAfterlivesofAbbotsandPriorsinReformationEngland 354 Appendix:AbbotsandPriorsholdingHighOfficeintheHenrician Church,1534–1547 377 SelectBibliography 381 IndexofPeopleandPlaces 417 IndexofSubjects 448
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