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Manorial Officeholding in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, 1300-1600
This thesis investigates the role and identity of manorial officers, individuals drawn from a lord’s tenants who were vital in administering his manor court and directly-farmed lands. It analyses officeholding from a social and political standpoint, examining the role of officers in governing …
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Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85
… the three Ridings of Yorkshire, and in four manorial courts. Unlike previous scholarship, this project does not attempt to calculate crime rates or to create a profile of the ‘typical criminal’. Medieval legal sources cannot answer these questions due to missing records, unreliable population …