Edward III and the English Peerage : Royal Patronage, Social Mobility and Political Control in Fourteenth-Century England


J.S. Bothwell
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Woodbridge : : Boydell & Brewer, , 2004.
Omfang
1 online resource (249 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; The parliamentary peerage in early fourteenth-century England; The situation in 1330; The problem of peerage endowment; Scope and organisation of the book; PART ONE: New Parliamentary Peerage Creations, 1330-77: the Sources and Uses of Royal Patronage; 1. The 'New' Nobility; Timeservers, old hands and problem cases; 'New blood' promoted into the parliamentary peerage; Promotions into the titled nobility; 2. Mechanisms of Royal Largesse; Reasons for patronage in grants and associated documents; Types of tenure. - 7. Distribution of Royal FavourThe new parliamentary peerage; The established peerage; Overall distribution to the parliamentary peerage; 8. Kings, the Parliamentary Peerage and Royal Patronagein the Later Middle Ages; The impact of Edward III's patronage programme; Patronage, promotion and the peerage after Edward III; The place of Edward III's use of largesse in the later Middle Ages; Appendices; Appendix Key; Appendix One: The Definition of 'New Men' and other Limitations on this Study; Appendix Two: Careers of Major Players (1330-77). - Appendix Three: Escheats, Expectancies, and ForfeituresAppendix Four: Marriage Rights and Arrangements; Appendix Five: Wardships and Custodies; Appendix Six: (a) Annuities Granted; Appendix Six: (b) Annuity Payment Rates; Appendix Seven: Principal Geographical Interests of New Men; Bibliography. - Feudal and financial obligationsGrant authorisations; Replacement and protection of royal patronage; 3. Royal Feudal Rights; Escheats, expectancies and forfeitures; Marriage rights and arrangements; Wardships and custodies; 4. Annuities and Assignments; Exchequer annuities; Source-based payments; 5. Routine Patronage; Offices and keeperships; Pardons and licences; Royal writs, orders, and general influence; Symbolic preference; PART TWO: The Impact and Rationale of Edward III's Patronage; 6. Contemporary Response; Individual response; General contemporary response. - A study of Edward III's astute use of patronage to reposition the monarchy after the vicissitudes of his father's reign and his own problematic minority.
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