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by Lisa Jefferson| 2009| 1179 pages| 5.748| English

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As the premier livery company, the Mercers Company in medieval England enjoyed a prominent role in London's governance and exercised much influence over England's overseas trade and political interests. Proving a comprehensive edition of the surviving Mercers' accounts from 1347 to 1464, this substantial two-volume set opens a unique window onto the day-to-day workings of one of England's most powerful institutions at the height of its influence.The accounts list income, derived from fees for apprentices and for entry to the livery, from fines (whose cause is usually given, sometimes with many details), from gifts and bequests, from property rents, and from occasional other sources, and then list expenditures, on salaries to priests and chaplains, to the beadle, the rent-collector, and to scribes and scriveners; on alms payments; on quit-rents due on their properties; on repairs to properties; and, on a whole host of other costs, differing from year to year, and including court cases, special furnishings for the chapel or Hall, negotiations over trade with Burgundy, transport costs, funeral costs or those for attendance at state occasions, etc. Included also in some years are ordinances, deeds and other material of which they wanted to ensure a record was kept. Beginning with an early account for 1347-48, and the company's ordinances of that year, the project then provides the entire block of accounts from 1390 until 1464.The material is arranged in facing-page format, with a faithful transcription of the original document mirrored by a modern English translation. A substantial introduction puts the material into its contexts and explains the accounting system used by the Mercers and the financial vocabulary associated with it. Exhaustive name and subject indexes ensure that the complete project is accessible and will become an essential tool for all studying the social, cultural or economic development of late-medieval England.

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Author:Lisa Jefferson
Publication Year:2009
ISBN:9780754697084
Pages:1179
Language:English
File Size:5.748
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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