Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Leicestershire: the county, the Church, the crown and the nobility
- 2 The gentry in the fifteenth century
- 3 Land and income
- 4 A county community and the politics of the shire
- 5 The gentry and local government, 1422–1485
- 6 Household, family and marriage
- 7 Life and death
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- 1 The Leicestershire gentry, income and office holding, 1422–1485
- 2 Genealogies
- 3 Biographical notes on Leicestershire's leading gentry families (knights, distrainees and esquires)
- Bibliography
- Index
- Titles in the series
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Leicestershire: the county, the Church, the crown and the nobility
- 2 The gentry in the fifteenth century
- 3 Land and income
- 4 A county community and the politics of the shire
- 5 The gentry and local government, 1422–1485
- 6 Household, family and marriage
- 7 Life and death
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- 1 The Leicestershire gentry, income and office holding, 1422–1485
- 2 Genealogies
- 3 Biographical notes on Leicestershire's leading gentry families (knights, distrainees and esquires)
- Bibliography
- Index
- Titles in the series
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Gentry CommunityLeicestershire in the Fifteenth Century, c.1422–c.1485, pp. 213 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992