The Marsh District of Lindsey (Lincolnshire) is a coastal belt some six to nine miles wide between the sea and the Wolds. This volume is an edition of almost 100 documents derived mainly from collections in the Lincolnshire Archives Office, British Library and Public Record Office, relating principally to the southern half of the Marsh between the Humber and the Wash. Dating from the late 12th century to the first years of the 16th, with a few exceptions they have never previously been published. They are of particular interest for the history of land drainage and the upkeep of the sea defences, for both of which the medieval Commissioners of Sewers (watercourses) had an overall responsibility on a coast especially liable to erosion and flooding. Other topics dealt with include charters concerning the keeping of sheep outside the sea banks; material on local religious houses; extracts from manor court rolls; and will abstracts.
The editor provides explanatory notes ranging from a simple précis to nearly a full translation to the documents which are mostly in Latin; there is also a selective glossary covering items in the vernacular, an introduction, and full indexes of subjects, persons and places.
The editor provides explanatory notes ranging from a simple précis to nearly a full translation to the documents which are mostly in Latin; there is also a selective glossary covering items in the vernacular, an introduction, and full indexes of subjects, persons and places.
Volume 85 The Medieval Lindsey Marsh: Select Documents
Editor A.E.B. Owen, until he retired Keeper of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library
Publication Date 1996
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English, Latin, Medieval French with English summaries and translations. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society Publication Published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604, USA
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 58 4
Content Frontispiece, 1 page. Monochrome illustration: Grant by Rengot of Wainfleet to Thomas son of Herward of property next to the port of Wainfleet.
Contents, 2 pages
Preface, 2 pages
References, 3 pages
Map, 1 page
Introduction, 9 pages
The Documents, 142 pages
Selective Glossary, 4 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 29 pages
Index of Subjects, 8 pages
Dust jacket blurb The Marsh District of Lindsey (Lincolnshire) is a coastal belt some six to nine miles wide between the sea and the Wolds. This volume is an edition of almost 100 documents derived mainly from collections in the Lincolnshire Archives Office, British Library and Public Record Office, relating principally to the southern half of the Marsh between the Humber and the Wash. Dating from the late 12th century to the first years of the 16th, with a few exceptions they have never previously been published. They are of particular interest for the history of land drainage and the upkeep of the sea defences, for both of which the medieval Commissioners of Sewers (watercourses) had an overall responsibility on a coast especially liable to erosion and flooding. Other topics dealt with include charters concerning the keeping of sheep outside the sea banks; material on local religious houses; extracts from manor court rolls; and will abstracts.
The editor provides explanatory notes ranging from a simple précis to nearly a full translation to the documents which are mostly in Latin; there is also a selective glossary covering items in the vernacular, an introduction, and full indexes of subjects, persons and places.
Reviews The sea and the need to repel its incursions form the dominant theme... The arrangements for the maintenance of the bank exemplify forms of joint action and co-operation which have been unduly neglected by historians of local communities... The remaining documents are rewardingly miscellaneous. Here is something for everyone. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Editor A.E.B. Owen, until he retired Keeper of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library
Publication Date 1996
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English, Latin, Medieval French with English summaries and translations. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society Publication Published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604, USA
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 58 4
Content Frontispiece, 1 page. Monochrome illustration: Grant by Rengot of Wainfleet to Thomas son of Herward of property next to the port of Wainfleet.
Contents, 2 pages
Preface, 2 pages
References, 3 pages
Map, 1 page
Introduction, 9 pages
The Documents, 142 pages
Selective Glossary, 4 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 29 pages
Index of Subjects, 8 pages
Dust jacket blurb The Marsh District of Lindsey (Lincolnshire) is a coastal belt some six to nine miles wide between the sea and the Wolds. This volume is an edition of almost 100 documents derived mainly from collections in the Lincolnshire Archives Office, British Library and Public Record Office, relating principally to the southern half of the Marsh between the Humber and the Wash. Dating from the late 12th century to the first years of the 16th, with a few exceptions they have never previously been published. They are of particular interest for the history of land drainage and the upkeep of the sea defences, for both of which the medieval Commissioners of Sewers (watercourses) had an overall responsibility on a coast especially liable to erosion and flooding. Other topics dealt with include charters concerning the keeping of sheep outside the sea banks; material on local religious houses; extracts from manor court rolls; and will abstracts.
The editor provides explanatory notes ranging from a simple précis to nearly a full translation to the documents which are mostly in Latin; there is also a selective glossary covering items in the vernacular, an introduction, and full indexes of subjects, persons and places.
Reviews The sea and the need to repel its incursions form the dominant theme... The arrangements for the maintenance of the bank exemplify forms of joint action and co-operation which have been unduly neglected by historians of local communities... The remaining documents are rewardingly miscellaneous. Here is something for everyone. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW