The official records of England are the focus of this volume - their origin, their use, and what they reveal. The major theme of this volume is the records of the Anglo-Norman realm, and how they are used separately and in combination to construct the history of England and Normandy. The essays cover all types of written source material,including private charters and the official records of the chancery and Exchequer, chronicles, and personal sources such as letters, while some 100 previously unpublished documents are included in a series of appendices. There arestudies here of particular Anglo-Normans, including a great aristocrat and a seneschal of Normandy; of records relating to Normandy surviving in England; of the Norman and English Exchequers, between them the financial mainstay of the king/dukes; of the controversial origins of the English Chancery records; and of Rosamund Clifford, the King's mistress. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, DAVID CROOK, MARK HAGGER, DAVID CROUCH, MARIE LOVATT, DANIEL POWER.

About the Author
NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. David Crouch is a fellow of the British Academy and author of a number of editions of medieval documents, most recently The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family (2015) for the Camden Society. He has written extensively on medieval politics and society, and was also editor of Volume 10 (Howden and Howdenshire) of the Victoria History of Yorkshire East Riding. Mark Hagger is a reader in medieval history at Bangor University. NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy

Reviews
A worthwhile compendium that all historians, and especially economic and social historians, will consult with profit. [...] The volume is produced to Boydell's usual high standards and is well indexed. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *
All the contributions to this volume provide points of interest, some of them give a great deal of food for thought for both the administrative historian and for the researcher who wishes to find examples of the ways in which such documentary sources can be exploited to great effect. * ARCHIVES *



Book Information
ISBN 9781843834854
Author Professor Nicholas Vincent
Format Hardback
Page Count 226
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 434g