11 Conclusion: Attitudes to Pardoning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. Part I Individual Pardons
7. 2 Procedures 19
8. 3 Supplicant 26
9. 4 Intercessor 44
10. 5 Monarch 59
11. Part II General Pardons
12. 6 Procedures 85
13. 7 The Evolution of Group Pardons 93
14. 8 Pardoning and Celebration: Edward III’s Jubilee 113
15. 9 Pardoning and Revolt: The Peasants’ Rising of 1381 127
16. 10 Pardoning and Revenge: Richard II’s ‘Tyranny’ 160
17. 11 Conclusion: Attitudes to Pardoning 176
18. Apendices
19. Introduction 183
20. 1 Total Number of Pardons 185
21. 2 Military Service Pardons 186
22. 3 Regional Distribution of Pardons 187
23. 4.i Intercessors for Pardon: Edward II, 1307–1327 188
24. 4.ii Intercessors for Pardon: Edward III, 1327–1377 194
25. 4.iii Intercessors for Pardon: Richard II, 1377–1399 213
26. Bibliography 233
27. Index 251