North-east England In The Later Middle Ages

by Liddy, Christian D.; Britnell, R. H.

• ISBN13: 9781843831273
• ISBN10: 1843831279
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Boydell Pr

Summary

The recent surge of interest in the political, ecclesiastical, social and economic history of north-eastern England is reflected in the essays in this volume. The topics covered range widely, including the development of both rural and urban life and institutions. There are contributions on the well-known richness of Durham cathedral muniments, its priory and bishopric, and there is also a particular focus on the institutions and practices which evolved to deal with Scottish border problems. A number of papers broach lesser-known subjects which accordingly offer new territory for exploration, among them the distinctive characteristics of local jurisdiction in the northern counties, the formation of north-eastern landscapes, the course of agrarian development in the region and the emergence of a northern gentry class alongside the better known ecclesiastical and lay magnates. CHRISTIAN D. LIDDY is Lecturer in History at the University of Durham, where R.H. BRITNELL is Emeritus Professor.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xii
Introduction	1	(140)
A.J. POLLARD
1 St Cuthbert and the Border, c. 1080-c. 1300	13	(16)
RICHARD LOMAS
2 John Hardyng, Northumbrian Identity and the Scots	29	(14)
ALASTAIR J. MACDONALD
3 Remembering the Legal Past: Anglo-Scottish Border Law and Practice in the Later Middle Ages	43	(14)
CYNTHIA J. NEVILLE
4 Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296-c.1415	57	(18)
ANDY KING
5 Land, Legend and Gentility in the Palatinate of Durham: The Pollards of Pollard Hall	75	(22)
CHRISTIAN D. LIDDY
6 Local Law Courts in Late Medieval Durham	97	(14)
PETER L. LARSON
7 The Free Court of the Priors of Durham	111	(8)
CONSTANCE M. FRASER
8 Church Discipline in Late Medieval Durham City: The Prior as Archdeacon	119	(8)
MARGARET HARVEY
9 Economy and Society in North-Eastern Market Towns: Darlington and Northallerton in the Later Middle Ages	127	(14)
CHRISTINE M. NEWMAN
10 Newcastle Trade and Durham Priory, 1460-1520	141	(12)
MIRANDA THRELFALL-HOLMES
11 The Size and Shape of Durham's Monastic Community, 1274-1539	153	(20)
A.J. PIPER
12 Peasants, Landlords and Production between the Tyne and the Tees, 1349-1450	173	(24)
BEN DODDS
13 Wastes, the Margins and the Abandonment of Land: The Bishop of Durham's Estate, 1350-1480	197	(24)
SIMON J. HARRIS
14 Framing Medieval Landscapes: Region and Place in County Durham	221	(18)
BRIAN ROBERTS, HELEN DUNSFORD and SIMON J. HARRIS
Index	239