Böcker i Publications of the Surtees Society-serien

In 1646 Parliament negotiated a substantial loan from the city of London, secured by the sale of ecclesiastical temporalities. An ordinance was passed abolishing archbishops and bishops and transferring their lands and possessions for the use of the Commonwealth. These surveys represent the examinations conducted in this connection in the Darlington Ward of the bishopric, which at the time was beleaguered by the Scots. Covers the manors of Auckland, Darlington, Evenwood and Wolsingham. Significant in assessing the effects of the Civil War on grass-roots society in the North-East.

Edition, with full notes and introduction, of documents fundamental for our understanding of a major group of workers.

First modern edition of a major source of evidence for life in a cathedral immediately prior to the Dissolution.

Edition of important documents from one of the major monastic centres of medieval England.

Text and facing translation of one of the most important chronicles of medieval England.