Index
Abergavenny, Lord, 224
Abers, Thomas, 214
Aldith, Roger, 75
Aldous, Richard, 195
Andwell (Hants.), 123–
Atte Lane, John, jnr, 241
Atte Lane, John, snr, 241
Atte Well, Alexander, 128
Atte Wode, Philip, 129
Atte Yate, John, 219
Barker, Roger, 197
Barnet (Herts.), 121
Barrett, Humphrey, 193
Bateman, Nicholas, 221
Beaminster (Dors.), 90
Beauchamp family, 29
Beeston (Norf.), 40
Bennett, H.S., 4
Bible, Authorised version of 1539, 181
Billingsley, Richard, 82
Billingsley, William, 193
Black Death
and ‘crisis of management’, 77
economic effects, 118
impact on proportion of population serving in office, , 115
social effects, 149
Blanchard, Ian, 6
Blockmans, Wim, 236
Boldinge, Sir Francis, 183
Book of Brome, 39
Book of Common Prayer, 183
Book of Sports, 184
Botelho, Lynn, 187
Bradeney, John, 100
Bradford-on-Tone (Som.), 79
Braiseworth (Suff.), 124–
Brancaster (Norf.), 207,
Brenner, Robert, 233
Briggs, Christopher, 80
Bromley, John, 219
Broughton (Hunts.), 17
Buk, John, 241
Buk, John, jnr, 89
Buk, Robert, 73
Buk, Thomas, 155
Bungay (Suff.), 182
Burdon, Robert, 72
Bushbury (Staffs.), 181
Buxham, John, 219
Caen, Abbey of, 24
Cam, Helen, 205
Castowe, Richard, 223
Catstre, Roger, 197
Charles, Nicholas, 82
Chatteris (Cambs.), 160
Child, John, 220
churchwardens
wealth of officeholders, 68
Clanchy, Michael, 39
Clidehowe, Clement, 72
Cok, Richard, 86
Cok, Simon, 38
Cole, Thomas, 81
collectors of the poor, 69
Colleson, John, 73
Colleson, John, jnr, 89
commissioners of bows and artillery, 183
common lands
hiring of oxherd, 214
presentments concerning, 239
role of officials in monitoring, 236
and social control, 174
constables
found in case studies, 25
incentives of officeholders, 16
limitations as officials of state, 15
and manor court, , , 228
and ‘middling sort’, 174
monitored by churchwardens, , 221
and quarter sessions,
and state formation, , 224
Constance, Earl Marshall, 26
Cook, William, 100
Cornwall, Dukes of, 31
Coupere, Agnes, 139
Coupere, Alice, 157
Cratfield (Suff.),
capital pledges
non-appearance, 127
patterns of service, 110
refusal to be sworn, 85
and tithing system,
capping legislation, enforcement of, 194
churchwardens
presented for not maintaining butts, 198
role in holding manor court, 195
service by as jurors, 190
service by in manorial office, , 193
survival of accounts, 179
transformation of role,
collective annual payments to lord, 49
concerns about boundaries, , 159
concerns over landscape, 161
gaming legislation, enforcement of, 57
impact of enclosure, , 172
officials
patterns of service, 112
proportion of population serving, , 116
selection body, 79
women serving, 88
presentments
concerning community, 62
concerning dilapidated property, 49
concerning illicit land transfers, 49
concerning land transfers, 62
concerning lord’s rights, 51
concerning peacekeeping, 54
concerning seigniorial resources, 50
concerning suit of court, 52
concerning tithing system, 56
seigniorial, 53
residual leets, development of, 83
serfdom
control of movement, 140
labour services, 134
leyrwite, 134
marriage fines, 136
personal servility, 126
tasters
patterns of service, 104
Crostwick (Norf.), 157
Crowland Abbey (Cambs.), 122
Crowley, D.A., 85
Curtis, Daniel, 233
Cuxham (Oxon.), 76
Dalgate, Katherine, 40
Davenport, William, 101
de Castel, Alice, 224
de Coppeley, Henry, 121
DeWindt, Anne, 6
Deye, John, 38
Directory of Worship, 183
Dorchester (Dors.), 31
Dowelle, Richard, 151
Downing, Nicholas, 129
Drayton, John, 129
Drungewick (Suss.), 74
Dunstable, John, 72
Durham, bishopric of, 121
Fasselyn, John, 222
Felsted (Essex), 75
Fordington (Dors.),
archery legislation, enforcement of, 58
collective payments made to lord, 49
concerns about boundaries, 160
concerns over landscape,
gaming legislation, enforcement of, 57
labour legislation, enforcement of, 57
messors
patterns of service, 102
misconduct
heightened monitoring of misbehaviour,
named suitors
selection process,
parish
use of manor court to enforce decisions, 200
Forncett (Norf.), 211
Forrest, Mark, 88
Frary, Martin, 213
Fretenham (Norf.),
Freynere, Johanna, 148
Friedland (Bohemia), 235
Garbot, Thomas, 193
Germany, 232
Gibson, Richard, 217
Goldie, Mark, 69
Great Famine of 1315–21, 149
Grene, Walter, 80
Guldon, Thomas, 194
Gunn, Steven,
Gyles, Isabel, 148
Gysles, John, 104
Haddeston in Bunwell (Norf.), 121
Halesworth (Suff.), 26
Haselwood, Richard, 193
Haselwood, William, 193
Hastings family, 29
Hatcher, John, 139
Haukyn, John, 171
Havering (Essex), 76
Henry III, 130
Henry IV, 130
Heyne, William, 107
high constables, 183
Hilton, Rodney, 154
Hitchcocks, Roger, 107
Homans, George,
Horsham St Faiths (Norf.), 207,
Horstead (Norf.),
concerns about boundaries,
concerns about gaming, 152
concerns over landscape, 161
constables
breaking arrest of, 219
disobedient towards, 223
refused to take oath, 217
service by in manorial offices, 215
jurors baron
patterns of service, 110
labour legislation, enforcement of, 57
misconduct, 151
parish
use of manor court to protect property, 199
presentments
changing deathbed transfer, 39
concerning community,
concerning damage to lord’s crops, 52
concerning illicit land transfers, 49
concerning infrastructure, 60
concerning land transfers, 62
concerning lord’s rights, 51
concerning peacekeeping, 54
concerning seigniorial livestock, 51
concerning seigniorial resources, 50
concerning suit of court, 52
concerning tithing system, 56
seigniorial, 53
residual leets, development of, 83
tasters
patterns of service, 104
Houston, Rab, 205
Howard family, 26
Huggen, William, 107
Hulver, Marion, 223
Humfrey, John, 104
Huntingfield Hall (Suff.), 195
Ingram, Richard, 217
Jannes, John, 190
Jenny, Simon, 72
Jennys, John, 72
Johnson, Noel, 231
Johnsons, Thomas, 213
Joseph, Thomas, 132
jurors baron
found in case studies, 25
presentments of, 37
role in selecting constables, 217
service as by free, 125
jurors leet
found in case studies, 25
role in choosing constables, 217
service as by free, 125
statute legislation, 59
Justices of Assize, 208
Keable, Robert, 187
Kede, Simon, 100
Kempe, Nicholas, 40
Kettleborough (Suff.), 75
Kilby, Susan, 146
King’s College, Cambridge, 24
Kingslowe, Roger of, 127
Koyama, Mark, 231
Langham (Norf.), 211
Lapley (Staffs.), 181
Laughton (Suss.), 75
Lawen, Juliana and William, 224
Lawrence, John, 108
Leche, Robert, 57
Lichfield (Staffs.),
Little Downham (Cambs.),
bylawmen
patterns of service, 102
bylaws concerning labour,
capital pledges
order to view drain, 38
patterns of service, 110
selection process, 86
and tithing system, 84
collective payments made to lord, 49
concerns about boundaries, 155,
concerns over landscape,
constables
integration into manorial structures, , 226
refused to take oath, 217
service by in manorial office, 215
gaming legislation, enforcement of, 57
jurors baron
patterns of service, 110
labour legislation, enforcement of, 57
misconduct
concern about strangers, 149
heightened monitoring of behaviour,
prostitutes ordered to abjure vill, 148
punishment of scolds, 148
officials
collective refusal to serve, 129
patterns of service, 111
proportion of population serving, , 116
selection body, 78
selection process, 77
women serving, 88
presentments
concerning assize, 55
concerning community,
concerning damage to lord’s crops, 52
concerning dilapidated property, 49
concerning illicit land transfers, 50
concerning inheritence, 62
concerning land transfers, 63
concerning lord’s rights, 51
concerning peacekeeping, 54
concerning seigniorial livestock, 51
concerning seigniorial resources, 50
concerning suit of court, 52
concerning tithing system, 56
residual leets, development of, 83
serfdom
control of movement,
labour services,
leyrwite, 134
marriage fines, 136
restrictions on sales of livestock, 134
tasters
patterns of service,
Littleport (Cambs.), 155
lords
expectations of demesne managers, 4
and logic of collective selection of officials, , 114
relationship with communal structures,
role in selecting officials,
specific relationship with village political structures in England,
Low Countries,
Lyme, James, 212
Lyntley, William, 217
Malham, Richard de, 74
Manea (Cambs.), 155
manners, reformation of, 238
Massingham, John, 211
Mayton (Norf.), 159
Meauwe, Richard, 211
messors
choosing freemen as, 121
found in case studies, 25
requirement to serve in office, 127
selection of, 72
Mileson, Stephen, 146
Miller, Edward, 139
Miller, William, 102
Moles, John, 132
Mony, Thomas, 213
Mowbray family, 26
Mowtyng, William, 112
named suitors
found in case studies, 25
Natyl, Bartholomew, 78
Neville family, 29
Newport Pond (Essex), 90
Norfolk, Dukes of, 26
North, Edward, 136
officials
connection of service to landholding,
definition of ‘selected officials’, 70
definition of ‘empanelled officials’, 71
inequality in service as, 113
patterns of service of, 108
Ogod, William, 79
Olson, Sherri, , 154
Orford, William, 222
Page, Alice, 150
Page, Frances, 122
Pattingham (Salop.), 156
Pepiz of Cottenham, John, 122
Peterborough (Cambs.), 39
Pitman, Jan, 69
Ponchardon, John, 220
Poos, Lawrence, 206
Preston, George, 213
Pytelyng, Richard, 218
Radbode, Thomas, 129
Raftis, J.A., 5
Rede, Thomas, 40
Redgrave (Suff.), 79
reeves
dispute over right to select,
found in case studies, 25
providing route to leasing from lord, 9
relationship to state, 16
requirement to serve in office, 127
selection of, 72
service as by unfree,
Reformation, 178,
Rickinghall (Suff.), 78
Risburghe, William, 213
Rollison, David, 17
Rote, John, 102
Rowley, John, 193
Rowley, John of, 128
Rowley, William, 197
Rowley of Newton, William, 241
Rowley of Wyke, William, 241
Rowlowe, Richard, 112
Scandanavia,
Scrope, Richard, 155
Second Serfdom, 232,
Segatt, Thomas, 218
seignorial reaction, 118
Selot, John, 63
Seneschaucy, 80
serfdom
control of movement,
as exploitative relationship, 118
limited enforcement of by officials, 142
limits of, 35
marriage fines, 141
personal servility,
restrictions on sale of livestock, 141
Sessions of Assize, 204
Sherringe, Francis, 213
Shifnal (Salop.), 194
Shreve, Robert, 159
Shrewsbury (Salop.), 219
Sishwell, William, 212
Sizewell (Suff.), 183
Smith, Jane, 196
Smyth, Idonia, 63
Smyth, Robert, 100
Sreenivasan, Govind, 233
St John’s hospital, Master of, 52
Stanfield (Norf.), 211
Stanlowe, Stephen, 219
state
capacity,
and incorporation of local elites, , 177
interactions with communities in the Middle Ages, , 18
specific relationship with village political structures in England, 237
statute legislation
Statute of Artificers, 57
Stephenson, Thomas, 89
Stockton and Higford (Salop.), 156
Stokenham (Devon),
Stom, Elizabeth, 222
Stone, David, 121
Stoneleigh (Warks.), 79
Stourton, Arthur, 81
Straven, Sir John, 218
Styward, John, 132
Suffolk, Dukes of, 26
supervisors of highways, 214
Swallowfield (Wilts.), ,
Swan, Richard, 150
Swancote, Adam, 107
Swanton, Walter, 132
Tailour, Richard, 72
tenure, customary, , 126
Teysard, Robert, 100
Thompson, William, 223
Thorncroft (Surr.), 34
Tolet, Thomas, 220
Tong (Salop.), 194
Tyrol, , 234
van Bavel, Bas,
Veyse, John, jnr, 149
Vinogradoff, Paul, 4
Volckart, Oliver, 233
Voshchazhinikovo (Russia), 235
Wacy, John, 129
Waddell, Brodie, 10
Wadesworth, Thomas de, 73
Wales, Princes of, 31
Walhaugh, Robert, 104
Walker, Amica, 151
Walsh, Thomas, 86
Walsham, William, 221
Walter of Henley, 79
Wannerton, John, 188
Warrener, Henry, 89
Warter, William, 101
Wellington (Salop.), 182
Wermod, William, 112
Whitepayn, Richard, 86
Whittle, Jane, 204
Wicks, George, 211
Winchester College, 122
Witcham (Cambs.), 171
Woodstock, Thomas of, 24
Worfield (Salop.),
affeerors
refused to serve, 127
archery legislation, enforcement of, 58
capping legislation, enforcement of, 194
churchwardens
interactions with jurors,
made stocks, 193
service by in manorial office, 190
survival of accounts, 179
transformation of role,
concerns about boundaries, 156
concerns about poor law burdens,
concerns over landscape, 161
constables
interaction with manor, 224
manor court used to monitor, 221
ordered to be sworn before magistrate, 218
role in law enforcement,
service by in manorial office, 215
gaming legislation, enforcement of, 57
hermitage, 166
impact of decentralised leet, , 172
jurors
turnover, 82
jurors baron
patterns of service, 110
labour legislation, enforcement of, 57
lord’s rights to escheats and forfeitures, 154
parish
use of manor court to maintain, 199
presentments
concerning assize,
concerning illicit land transfers, 50
concerning inheritance, 62
concerning land transfers, 62
concerning lord’s rights, 51
concerning peacekeeping, 54
concerning seigniorial resources, 50
concerning suit of court, 52
concerning tithing system, 57
seigniorial, 64
tasters
patterns of service,
Wylbeye, Geoffrey, 159
Wysbech, Beatrix, 150
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