Politics, Finance and the Church in the Reign of Edward II

263 Pages·1983·2.818 MB·English

by  Mark Buck

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
Edited by WALTER ULLMANN, LITT.D, F.B.A.
Professor of Medieval History in the University of Cambridge
Third series, vol. r9
POLITICS, FINANCE AND THE CHURCH
IN THE REIGN OF EDWARD II
CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN
MEDIEVAL LIFE AND THOUGHT
THIRD SERIES
r The King's Hall within the University of Cambridge in the Later Middle
Ages. ALAN B. COBBAN
2 Monarchy and Community. A. J. BLACK
3 The Church and the Two Nations in Medieval Ireland. J. A. WATT
4 The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century. PETER
LINEHAN
6 Durham Priory: 1400-1450. R. B. DOBSON
7 The Political Thought of William of Ockham. ARTHUR STEPHEN
MCGRADE
8 The Just war in the Middle Ages. FREDERICK H. RUSSELL
9 The Two Italies: Economic Relations between the Norman Kingdom of
Sicily and the Northern Communes. DAVID ABULAFIA
ro The Church and Politics in Fourteenth-Century England: The Career of
Adam Orleton, c. 1275-1345. ROY MARTIN HAINES
1 r The Staffords, Earls ofS tafford and Dukes ofB uckingham, 13 94-15 2r.
CAROLE RAWCLIFFE
12 Universities, Academics and the Great Schism. R. c. SWANSON
13 The Diplomas of King Aethelred 'the Unready', 978-1016: A Study in
their Use as Historical Evidence. SIMON KEYNES
14 Robert Winchelsey and the Crown 1294-1313: A Study in the Defence
of Ecclesiastical Liberty. JEFFREY H. DENTON
r 5 From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre: Logic, Theology and
Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages. JOHN MARENBON
16 The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France. s. H.
CUTTLER
17 Mortmain Legislation and the English Church 1279-1500. SANDRA
RABAN
18 Community, Class and Careerism: Cheshire and Lancashire Society in
the Age of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. MICHAEL J. BENNETT
POLITICS, FINANCE
AND THE CHURCH
IN THE REIGN OF
EDWARD II
WALTER ST APELDON
TREASURER OF ENGLAND
MARK BUCK
Head of History, Lancing College
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements page vii
Abbreviations viii
I INTRODUCTION I
2 FAMILY AND EARLY LIFE IO
3 THE BISHOPRIC OF EXETER 38
4 ROYA L FREE CHAPELS 80
5 THE FOUNDATION OF STAPELDON HALL 99
6 POLITICS AND DIPLOMACYI 309-I3I9 IIS
7 THE CONSOLIDATION AND COLLAPSE OF
ROYALPOWERI320-I326 I3I
8 THE EXCHEQUER I63
9 THE CASE AGAINST STAPELDON I97
IO MURDER 2I7
Appendix of documents 224
Bibliography 2 32
Index 245
v
TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Among the many debts I have accumulated, the first is to my
supervisor, Dr J. R. Maddicott. It was he who suggested to me the
subject of Stapeldon and who directed the doctoral research on
which this book has been based. His supervision, scholarship and
unfailing kindness have been a constant support. I am grateful to
Professor Ullmann for including this book in his series. Professors
Christopher Cheney and Christopher Brooke have given generously
of their time, learning and encouragement. Michael Prichard has
aided me through some of the legal undergrowths. I am greatly
indebted to Robert Williams for his advice and friendship. My
thanks are due to the Master and Fellows of Gonville and Caius
College, who elected me into a Research Fellowship in 1977 and the
stimulus of whose friendship and conversation I have been privileged
to enjoy ever since. My mother has painstakingly typed my
manuscript in its many drafts. Without the constant affection and
confidence of her and my father this book could never have been
written.
Gonville and Caius College
Cambridge
September
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