The Later Medieval Inquisitions Post Mortem: Mapping the Medieval Countryside and Rural Society

by Michael Hicks (Editor), Christopher Dyer (Contributor), Gordon McKelvie (Contributor)

The Inquisitions post mortem (IPMs) are a truly wonderful source for many different aspects of late medieval countryside and rural life. They have recently been made digitally accessible and interrogatable by the Mapping the Medieval Countryside project, and the first fruits of these developments are presented here. The chapters examine IPMs in connection with the landscape and topography of England, in particular markets and fairs and mills; and consider the utility of proofs of age for everyday life on such topics as the Church, retaining, and the wine trade.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Records of an Imperial Administration? IPMs in Scotland and Calais
3 Inquisitions Post Mortem in Medieval Ireland
4 The Court of the Honour of Clare, 1308-1360: Feudal Incidents and Inquisitions
5 Landscape, Farming and Society in an English Region: the Inquisitions Post Mortem for the West Midlands, 1250-1509
6 Beyond the Dots: Mapping Meaning in the Later Medieval Landscape
7 Fairs and Markets in the Inquisitions Post Mortem
8 The Structure of the Milling Industry 1427-37
9 Proofs of Age 1246 to 1430: their Nature, Veracity and Use as Sources
10 What went on in the Medieval Parish Church 1377-1447, with particular reference to Churching
11 Retainers, Monks and Wine: Three Insights into Everyday Life
12 The Administration and Efficiency of the Inquisitions Post Mortem Process. A Case Study of Northumberland
13 Late Medieval Land Disputes and the Manipulation of the Inquisitions Post Mortem

240 pages, Hardcover

Published July 21, 2016

About the author

Michael Hicks (born 1948) is an English historian, specialising on the history of late medieval England, in particular the Wars of the Roses. Hicks studied with C. A. J. Armstrong and Charles Ross while a student at the University of Bristol. He is today Professor of Medieval History at the University of Winchester, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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