The building accounts of Tattershall Castle are preserved in the manuscripts belonging to Lord De L’Isle and Dudley at Penshurst Place in Kent. They were first recognised by the Historical Manuscripts Commission and summarized in their 1925 report. A precise transcription was prepared in 1943. The abbreviations and contractions in the original Latin have been expanded in this edition. The English translation is of the expanded Latin text.
The following is the opening paragraph of W. Douglas Simpson’s Preface.
The publication of this work has been inordinately delayed. This is partly due to my own ill-health and partly to various mishaps, of which the most spectacular is perhaps unique in the record of such undertakings. My house was invaded by a monkey, escaped from a travelling circus a mile or more away: and, in the fracas consequent on efforts to recapture it, some of the transcripts were so badly damaged that they had to be re-written!
Adapted from the Preface and the Introduction
The following is the opening paragraph of W. Douglas Simpson’s Preface.
The publication of this work has been inordinately delayed. This is partly due to my own ill-health and partly to various mishaps, of which the most spectacular is perhaps unique in the record of such undertakings. My house was invaded by a monkey, escaped from a travelling circus a mile or more away: and, in the fracas consequent on efforts to recapture it, some of the transcripts were so badly damaged that they had to be re-written!
Adapted from the Preface and the Introduction
Volume 55 The Building Accounts of Tattershall Castle 1434-1472
Editor W. Douglas Simpson O.B.E., D.Litt. Librarian of the University of Aberdeen
Date For the year ending 31st August 1960
Publication Date 1960
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language Latin with English translation
Printer The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford
Content Frontispiece, foldout plan of the castle 396 x 254mm (image size 262 x 254mm)
Preface, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
List of illustrations, 1 page
Introduction, 21 pages
Notes on the manuscripts, 1 page
Inset illustrations, 7 pages of plans and photographs
Tattershall Castle Building Accounts in Latin, 39 pages
English Translation, 38 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 6 pages
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description The building accounts of Tattershall Castle are preserved in the manuscripts belonging to Lord De L’Isle and Dudley at Penshurst Place in Kent. They were first recognised by the Historical Manuscripts Commission and summarized in their 1925 report. A precise transcription was prepared in 1943. The abbreviations and contractions in the original Latin have been expanded in this edition. The English translation is of the expanded Latin text.
The following is the opening paragraph of W. Douglas Simpson’s Preface.
The publication of this work has been inordinately delayed. This is partly due to my own ill-health and partly to various mishaps, of which the most spectacular is perhaps unique in the record of such undertakings. My house was invaded by a monkey, escaped from a travelling circus a mile or more away: and, in the fracas consequent on efforts to recapture it, some of the transcripts were so badly damaged that they had to be re-written!
Adapted from the Preface and the Introduction
Reprint
Date 2010 Paperback edition
Size 235 x 155 mm
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Web site: www.boydellandbrewer.com
The version in the book incorrectly states ‘with The Survey of Lincoln’
ISBN 978-0-90150-389-3
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid-free paper
Content Changes A two page Bibliographic Note by David Stocker
Editor W. Douglas Simpson O.B.E., D.Litt. Librarian of the University of Aberdeen
Date For the year ending 31st August 1960
Publication Date 1960
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language Latin with English translation
Printer The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford
Content Frontispiece, foldout plan of the castle 396 x 254mm (image size 262 x 254mm)
Preface, 1 page
Contents, 1 page
List of illustrations, 1 page
Introduction, 21 pages
Notes on the manuscripts, 1 page
Inset illustrations, 7 pages of plans and photographs
Tattershall Castle Building Accounts in Latin, 39 pages
English Translation, 38 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 6 pages
Index of Subjects, 3 pages
Description The building accounts of Tattershall Castle are preserved in the manuscripts belonging to Lord De L’Isle and Dudley at Penshurst Place in Kent. They were first recognised by the Historical Manuscripts Commission and summarized in their 1925 report. A precise transcription was prepared in 1943. The abbreviations and contractions in the original Latin have been expanded in this edition. The English translation is of the expanded Latin text.
The following is the opening paragraph of W. Douglas Simpson’s Preface.
The publication of this work has been inordinately delayed. This is partly due to my own ill-health and partly to various mishaps, of which the most spectacular is perhaps unique in the record of such undertakings. My house was invaded by a monkey, escaped from a travelling circus a mile or more away: and, in the fracas consequent on efforts to recapture it, some of the transcripts were so badly damaged that they had to be re-written!
Adapted from the Preface and the Introduction
Reprint
Date 2010 Paperback edition
Size 235 x 155 mm
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Web site: www.boydellandbrewer.com
The version in the book incorrectly states ‘with The Survey of Lincoln’
ISBN 978-0-90150-389-3
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid-free paper
Content Changes A two page Bibliographic Note by David Stocker