| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Suffolk Records Society ; volume 65 |
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Suffolk Records Society (Series) ; 65
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION; Editorial conventions; ; ; THE DOCUMENTS; ; I. Charters, mid-twelfth century to 1360; II. Extents, early thirteenth century to early fourteenth century; IV. Building accounts, 1343 to 1466; III. Accounts, 1285 to 1482; V. Court rolls, 1305/6 to 1422 and 1545; VI. Rentals, 1379-80 to 1683; VII. Petition and Legal Documents relating to a riot in 1481; ; ; Glossary, including saints' days used for dating; Bibliography; Index of people and places; Index of subjects |
| Summary |
The manor was one of the principal units of medieval administration, providing a legal framework for land tenure, the prosecution of crimes and misdemeanours and social control. For the lord of a manor it was a source of supplies and income for the maintenance of his status and power. For the tenants the manor formed the everyday focus of their working lives, because they typically owed work services on his land and were subject to the manorial court for wrong doings, the settlement of disputes, the holding of their lands and payment of various feudal dues. Manors were the standard unit of land tenure for centuries, but they changed and developed over time and differed in their administration according to the particular custom of each manor.<br><br>The records of the manor of Monks Eleigh are typical of those which still exist for hundreds of manors across England. They allow us to glimpse some of the details of the people who lived and worked there over a period of some four centuries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Manors -- England -- Monks Eleigh
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485).
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Manors
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| SUBJECT |
Monks Eleigh (England) -- History -- Sources
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aldous, Vivienne E., editor
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| ISBN |
9781800105355 |
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1800105355 |
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