My summary of a Institute of Historical Research session on the digitization of records in Late Medieval England.
The Troublesome bequest of Dame Joan: the establishment of the chapel of St Anne at Walsingham Priory
December 2, 2012 By
In an act of both piety and remembrance, his widow, Dame Joan, ordered that his body should be buried within the great Priory church at nearby Walsingham and, above the tomb, there should be a chapel created in dedication to the mother of the Blessed Virgin, Saint Anne.
Recorda splendidissima: the use of pipe rolls in the thirteenth century
February 10, 2012 By
In this context, perhaps it is necessary to look in more detail at the function of the pipe rolls, and the way in which they were used by the exchequer.
The Dating of Medieval English Private Charters of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
October 2, 2011 By
The Dating of Medieval English Private Charters of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Gervers, Michael A Distinct Voice: Medieval Studies in Honor of Leonard E. Boyle (University of Notre Dame, 2006) Abstract In 1922, F.M. Stenton published one of the most informative and concise introductions to English private charters of the post Conquest period that has ever been […]
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