Frontcover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of Parliamentary Activity -- Introduction -- 1: The System -- Liveries and Retaining -- 2: The Early Years, 1390 to 1449 -- 3: The Later Years, 1449 to 1520 -- 4: Outcomes and Enforcement -- 5: The Identity of the Indicted -- 6: The Geography of the Cases -- 7: Networks and Localities -- 8: Livery and Disorder -- 9: The Urban Experience -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Number of Cases by Reign -- Appendix 2: Number of Cases in each County -- Appendix 3: List of Letters to Towns and Lordships
Appendix 4: List of Local Ordinances -- Appendix 5: Letters from Henry VII to Duchy of Lancaster Officials -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A fresh look at the idea of bastard feudalism, deploying little-used records to provide new insights
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index
