Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers 1290-1483
Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers 1290-1483

Author: Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-05-02

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780521555869

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The Stonor letters and papers form one of only three surviving archives of gentry correspondence from late medieval England. The collection - which includes documents ranging from love letters to household accounts - provides us with a wealth of otherwise unobtainable detail about the lives and careers of a gentry family, their servants and their friends. Much of the material comes from the period of the Wars of the Roses, and allows us an insider's view on national events and the people involved in them. Originally edited by the historian C. L. Kingsford at the beginning of the century, the complete collection is reissued here, with a new introduction and annotation by Christine Carpenter. In many ways more representative of gentry life than the Paston letters, the Stonor letters and papers will be invaluable to scholars of late medieval England, and will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Wars of the Roses or life in medieval England.

The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483, Vol. 1
The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483, Vol. 1

Author: Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781334063220

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Excerpt from The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483, Vol. 1: Edited, for the Royal Historical Society, From the Original Documents in the Public Record Office; Camden Third Series, Vol. XXIX The elder son of Richard the younger was Sir John de Stonor, who was, with two intervals, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for five and twenty years. He was the founder of the fortunes of his family and the most no.able name in its history. Since he must have been of full age when he purchased the wardship of Thomas de la Hay at Henbury in and was a. Serjeant-at-law in 1313, he was probably born not later than 1285; and since he did not resign his office as Chief Justice till shortly before his death in 1354, it is not likely that the date of his birth was more than a few years earlier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483;
The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483;

Author: Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-11-11

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780353382558

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