This is the first of eight volumes containing the record of the institutions performed in the archdeaconry of Lincoln by Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299. Subsequent volumes in addition to the institutions include memoranda dealing with the administration of the see, together with an account of his life. The introduction to the first volume includes a brief description of the manuscripts from which the contents of the volumes is drawn. Sutton’s register describes incidents in the course of which clerks were maltreated and sometimes killed, rights of sanctuary violated and churches desecrated by bloodshed. There is no reason to think that in offences such as these the diocese of Lincoln had an especially bad record. Sutton was not a saint, and as a scholar he appears to have been competent rather than distinguished. He was, however, a thoroughly good man, a trained canonist who was determined to uphold the law, and an administrator at once efficient and humane. For nearly twenty years he devoted himself almost completely to his diocese, ruling it with unending patience and a determined sense of justice.
Adapted from the Preface.
Adapted from the Preface.
Volume 39 The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299: Vol. 1 Institutions to benefices and confirmations of heads of religious houses in the Archdeaconry of Lincoln
Editor Rosalind M.T. Hill M.A., B.Litt., F.S.A. Lecturer in Mediæval History, Westfield College, University of London
Date For the year ending 30th September 1942
Publication Date 1948
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language Latin with English commentary and interpretation
Printer The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford
Content Preface, 2 pages
Contents, 1 page
Abbreviations and Notes, 3 pages
Introduction, 15 pages
The Rolls and Register of Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln 1280-1299, 247 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 34 pages
Index of Subjects, 4 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 9 pages
Description This is the first of eight volumes containing the record of the institutions performed in the archdeaconry of Lincoln by Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299. Subsequent volumes in addition to the institutions include memoranda dealing with the administration of the see, together with an account of his life. The introduction to the first volume includes a brief description of the manuscripts from which the contents of the volumes is drawn. Sutton’s register describes incidents in the course of which clerks were maltreated and sometimes killed, rights of sanctuary violated and churches desecrated by bloodshed. There is no reason to think that in offences such as these the diocese of Lincoln had an especially bad record. Sutton was not a saint, and as a scholar he appears to have been competent rather than distinguished. He was, however, a thoroughly good man, a trained canonist who was determined to uphold the law, and an administrator at once efficient and humane. For nearly twenty years he devoted himself almost completely to his diocese, ruling it with unending patience and a determined sense of justice.
Adapted from the Preface.
Editor Rosalind M.T. Hill M.A., B.Litt., F.S.A. Lecturer in Mediæval History, Westfield College, University of London
Date For the year ending 30th September 1942
Publication Date 1948
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language Latin with English commentary and interpretation
Printer The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford
Content Preface, 2 pages
Contents, 1 page
Abbreviations and Notes, 3 pages
Introduction, 15 pages
The Rolls and Register of Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln 1280-1299, 247 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 34 pages
Index of Subjects, 4 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 9 pages
Description This is the first of eight volumes containing the record of the institutions performed in the archdeaconry of Lincoln by Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299. Subsequent volumes in addition to the institutions include memoranda dealing with the administration of the see, together with an account of his life. The introduction to the first volume includes a brief description of the manuscripts from which the contents of the volumes is drawn. Sutton’s register describes incidents in the course of which clerks were maltreated and sometimes killed, rights of sanctuary violated and churches desecrated by bloodshed. There is no reason to think that in offences such as these the diocese of Lincoln had an especially bad record. Sutton was not a saint, and as a scholar he appears to have been competent rather than distinguished. He was, however, a thoroughly good man, a trained canonist who was determined to uphold the law, and an administrator at once efficient and humane. For nearly twenty years he devoted himself almost completely to his diocese, ruling it with unending patience and a determined sense of justice.
Adapted from the Preface.