The eight volumes contain 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.

Volume 60                                           The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299 Vol. 5  Memoranda, May 19^th 1294 – May 18^th 1296

Editor                                                  Rosalind M. T. Hill M.A., B.Litt., F.S.A. Reader in Mediæval History, Westfield College, University of London

Date                                                    For year ending 31^st August 1965

Publication Date                                 1965

Size                                                     255 x 155 mm

Language                                             Latin with English commentary

Printer                                                 The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford

Content                                               Contents, 1 page

Abbreviations and Notes, 1 page

The Memoranda, 218 pages

Index of Persons and Places, 25 pages

Index of Subjects, 4 pages

Index of Counties and Countries, 7 pages

Description                                         See the descriptions for Volume I, LRS Volume 39 and Volume IV LRS Volume 52

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Date                                                    2005 Paperback edition

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