The Black Death and Clerical Prospects in England

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Contributors ix
5. Preface xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. The King’s Confessors and the Royal Conscience in Late Medieval England 1
8. ‘Such maintenance as …’: Corrodies of the Crown 29
9. ‘Vos maisons sount pris al eops le counte’: Walter Bedwyn, Treasurer of York, and the Return of Piers Gaveston 47
10. The Deposition of Edward II: The Kenilworth Embassies 65
11. The English Parliament and the Trial of the ‘Peers of the Land’ in Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): The Origins of a Privilege 79
12. A Brotherhood Uncovered: Investigating the Knightly Following of Thomas Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, 1329–69 99
13. The Black Death and Clerical Prospects in England 129
14. The Last of the Duketti? Richard II, Henry of Monmouth and the House of Lancaster 151
15. Confusion Confounded? The Contrasting Military Fortunes of Sir William Neville (d. c.1391) and Sir William Neville of Pickhill and Rolleston (d. c.1420) 179