The Cartulary of the Augustinian Friars of Clare
Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill

The Augustinian friary of Clare is one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inhabitants. This late medieval cartulary contains a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its immediate neighbourhood recording the endowment of the friary in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. The text is presented in the form of a full English calendar, with notes and an introduction.CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL is principal lecturer in history, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He is general editor of Boydell & Brewer's new series, `Studies in History of the Medieval Church', following the death of R. ALLEN BROWNhe has also assumed the editorship of the Suffolk Charters Series. He has edited several volumes of records of the medieval church.[East Anglian] The late medieval cartulary of the Augustinian friary of Clare -one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inhabitants -contains a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its immediate neighbourhood, recording the endowment of the friary in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. Of wider interest are documents relating to the furnishing of a chapel, violation of the right of sanctuary, indulgences and the friars' library and begging limits. The text is presented in the form of a full English calendar, with notes and an introduction.CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILLis principal lecturer in history, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He is general editor of Boydell & Brewer's new series, `Studies in History of the Medieval Church'; following the death of R. ALLEN BROWNhe has also assumed the editorship of the Suffolk Charters Series. He has edited several volumes of records of the medieval church.


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`marks the resumption of the series of Suffolk Charters-the new general editor has made an excellent start with this volume of which he is himself the editor.' ARCHIVES 87; 4/92

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10 digit ISBN: 0851152953
13 digit ISBN: 9780851152950
First published: 27/Jun/1991
Price: 47.95 USD, 25.00 GBP
Series: Suffolk Charters

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 02/09/2008

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