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Bruce
M.
Campbell & Ken Bartley, eds.
Lay
Lordship, Land and Wealth: A Socio-economic Atlas of England 1300-49.
Manchester
University Press, Feb 2004.
ISBN
0719037689.
Hardback.
304pp.
Publisher's
recommended price £65.00
This
atlas makes
pioneering use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to unlock part
of the treasure trove of information contained in England's unrivalled
medieval public records. The result is an indispensable work of
reference.
Data from over 9,000 manorial extents, the tax returns of 15,000
individual
wills, and 2,000 detailed manorial accounts are linked to reveal the
human
geography in England during the pivotal half century before the Black
Death
in all its complexity.
Manorial
structure,
land tenure, land-use, agriculture, milling resources, markets, fairs,
taxable wealth, and the tax-paying population are just some of the key
variables that are measured and mapped. The results invite comparison
with
the Domesday Survey made some 250 years earlier.
Historians
will
value the fresh critical light that is cast upon the inquisitions post
mortem and the lay subsidies of 1327, 1332, and 1334; two of the most
important
and controversial sources of the period. This book also demonstrates
the
powerful potential of GIS as a tool of historical research.
Contents:
1. Preface
2. How the maps have been created 3. The IPMs as a source 4. Regional
traits
5. Common rights 6. Estates, manors, and demesnes 7. The demesne:
messuages and buildings 8. The demesne: minor land-uses and food
sources 9. The demesne: major land-uses 10. The demesne:
unit
land values 11. The demesne: land-use types 12. The demesne:
husbandry
types 13. The demesne: agricultural types 14. Rents and services
15. Seigniorial courts and their revenues 16. Mills 17. Commerce and
trade
18. Lay wealth and taxpayers in 1327, 1332, and 1334. Appendix 1: 1327
and 1332 lay subsidies: documentary reference numbers, Public
Record
Office, London Appendix 2: Coding scheme of IPM
database.
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