The Register of Philip Repingdon, bishop of Lincoln from 1405 to 1419, is in two volumes, the Institutions and the Memoranda., both in the Lincolnshire Archives. The Memoranda volume contains the miscellaneous business of the see. The Memoranda gives a clear picture of diocesan administration and the state of religious life in the See of Lincoln between 1405 and 1420. The Memoranda lacks, perhaps, the richness of material found in earlier Episcopal registers, and in some respects it may be a little disappointing. The selection of entries was determined by the registrar; thus, much space is given to the transcription of formal and sometimes repetitive documents, and inevitably much that would be of greater interest to us is omitted. Despite its shortcomings and omissions, however, the Memoranda is a fascinating and valuable record of ecclesiastical administration and religious life, not only in the diocese of Lincoln but in the English Church as a whole in the early fifteenth century.

Adapted from the Introduction.

Volume 58                               The Register of Bishop Philip Repingdon 1405-1419 Vol. III Memoranda 1414-1419

Editor                                      Margaret Archer M.A. (Liverpool), B.Litt (Oxon) Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Birmingham

Date                                        For year ending 31^st August 1982

Publication Date                     1982

Size                                         245 x 150 mm

Language                                 Latin with English commentary

Printer                                     Filmset by Northumberland Press Ltd, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Printed by Fletcher and Son Ltd, Norwich

Note                                        Opposite the title page: The Society is grateful for grants in aid of publication to the University of Birmingham and to Lincolnshire County Council.

Content                                   Editor’s Preface, Corrigenda, 1 page

Contents, 1 page

Notes Concerning the Method of Transcription, 2 pages

Principal Abbreviations Used in the Notes, 1 page

Memoranda 1405-1419,  289 pages

Index of Persons and Places, 28 pages

Index of Subjects, 4 pages

Index of Counties and Countries, 5 pages

Description                             See Volume 57

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