The Fifteenth Century XIV: Essays Presented to Michael Hicks: 14

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by  Linda Clark (editor)

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THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
VolUmE XIV
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The Fifteenth Century
ISSN 1479–9871
General Editor
Dr. linda Clark
Assistant Editor
Dr. Hannes Kleineke
Editorial Advisory Committee
Dr. Rowena E. Archer, University of Oxford
Professor Christine Carpenter, University of Cambridge
Professor Christopher Dyer, University of Leicester
Dr. David Grummitt, University of Kent
Professor Tony Pollard, University of Teesside
Professor Carole Rawcliffe, University of East Anglia
Dr. Benjamin Thompson, Somerville College, Oxford
Professor John Watts, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
The series aims to provide a forum for the most recent research into the
political, social, religious and cultural history of the fifteenth century
in Britain and Europe. Contributions for future volumes are welcomed;
prospective contributors should consult the guidelines at the end of this
volume.
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THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
XIV
ESSAYS PRESENTED To mICHAEl HICKS
Edited by
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CONTENTS

List of Illustrations ix
Contributors x
Abbreviations xii
Preface xiii
Michael Hicks: An Appreciation xv
CAROLINE BARRON
Disciplinary Ordinances for English Garrisons in Normandy in the Reign of 1
Henry V
ANNE CURRY
Lords in a Landscape: the Berkeley Family and Northfield (Worcestershire) 13
CHRISTOPHER DYER
Hampshire and the Parish Tax of 1428 39
MARK PAGE
The Livery Act of 1429 55
GORDON MCKELVIE
An Indenture between Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and SirEdmund 67
Darell of Sessay, North Riding, 1435
A.J. POLLARD
The Pursuit of Justice and Inheritance from Marcher Lordships to 77
Parliament: the Implications of Margaret Malefaunt’s Abduction in Gower
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The Treatment of Traitors’ Children and Edward IV’s Clemency in the 131
1460s
JAMES ROSS
Edward IV and Bury St. Edmunds’Search for Self-Government 143
ANNE F. SUTTON
The Exchequer Inquisitions Post Mortem 161
MATTHEW HOLFORD
Hams for Prayers: Regular Canons and their Lay Patrons in Medieval 175
Catalonia
KAREN STÖBER
Production, Specialisation and Consumption in Late Medieval Wessex 189
JOHN HARE
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
WINIFRED A. HARWOOD
Index 229
The Published Works of Michael Hicks, 1977–2015 243
Tabula Gratulatoria 251

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Christopher Dyer, Lords in a Landscape: The Berkeley Family and
Northfield (Worcestershire)
Map 1 Location of Northfield, also showing Berkeley 14
manors in Gloucestershire.
Map 2 Plan of Weoley Castle. 20
Map 3 Some Evidence for the Use of Land in Northfield. 24
Map 4 Settlements in Fifteenth-Century Northfield. 30
Map 5 Farms in 1840. 32
Map 6 Early Medieval Settlement in Northfield. 34

Mark Page, Hampshire and the Parish Tax of 1428
Map The County of Hampshire. 52

Winifred A. Harwood, A Butt of Wine and Two Barrels of Herring
Map Location of Religious Institutions (Andrew Murdock, 228
APM geo ltd.)

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