The Estates of the English Crown, 1558 1640

ISBN-13: 9780521360821 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 460 str.

R. W. Hoyle; R. W. Hoyle

Opis

The English kings and queens were by far the country's major landowners in the century before the Civil War, owning manors and other properties in every county. This collection of essays is the first comprehensive account of their estates and their management. Each essay takes a separate area of the history of the estates and assesses the success with which the intentions of government were implemented on the estates themselves. The book covers both national and local issues and will be of interest both to those interested in the successes and failures of government in the century before the Civil War and to those concerned with change in the countryside.

Recenzje

'The Estates of the English Crown is an indispensable and much-needed book, dealing thoroughly with those problems of tenures, Exchequer administration and royal finance which have in the past defeated or slowed the pens of some notable scholars. For the general historian of the period, perhaps the greatest interest of the book lies in its discussion of projects for improving revenue.' Paul Slack, The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of Pubic Record Office classes cited; 1. Introduction: aspects of the Crown's estate, c. 1558–1640 Richard Hoyle; 2. The Elizabethan Crown lands; their purposes and problems David Thomas; 3. The Elizabethan Duchy of Cornwall, an estate in stasis Graham Haslam; 4. Exchequer officials and the market in Crown property, 1558–1640 Madeleine Gray; 5. Power, patronage and politics: office-holding and administration on the Crown's estates in Wales Madeleine Gray; 6. Tenure on the Elizabethan estates Richard Hoyle; 7. Leases of Crown lands in the reign of Elizabeth I David Thomas; 8. Customary tenure on the Elizabethan estates Richard Hoyle; 9. 'Shearing the hog': the reform of the estates, c. 1598–1640 Richard Hoyle; 10. Jacobean Phoenix: the Duchy of Cornwall in the principates of Henry Frederick and Charles Graham Haslam; 11. The Crown as projector on its own estates, from Elizabeth I to Charles I Joan Thirsk; 12. Disafforestation and drainage: the Crown as entrepreneur? Richard Hoyle; 13. From swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early seventeenth century Peter Large; 14. Reflections on the history of the Crown lands, 1558–1640 Richard Hoyle; Index.