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Appointment of a New Researcher

Posted by: mholford in News and events 11 years, 5 months ago

Dr Matthew Tompkins has been appointed as the second historic researcher for the project. He brings particular expertise in economic history (and especially the late medieval rural economy) to complement the interests of Michael Hicks and Matthew Holford. A graduate of Cambridge and holding a doctorate from Leicester, Dr Tompkins is a highly experienced researcher who  has worked on projects dealing with Buckinghamshire towns, the borough of Wallingford, and private law and medieval village society. He will share in the enhancement of the printed volumes, the markup of the digitized text for 1399-1447 , and the preparation of featured IPMs and case studies and other methods of publicising the project. Dr Tompkins takes up his two year appointment with effect from 1 January 2013 and will be based at the University of Winchester.

Landmarks in Life: Vital Events and Vital Statistics from the Proofs of Age

Posted by: mholford in Proofs of age 11 years, 5 months ago

Michael Hicks discusses the rites of passage recorded in the proofs of age.

Unpublished inquisitions: Elizabeth who was the wife of Thomas, duke of Norfolk, ?1400

Posted by: mholford in Unpublished inquisitions 11 years, 5 months ago

This post continues our occasional series of inquisitions omitted from the published calendars for the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. It is not fully clear why the present document was not included, but it seems to have been added to its current file in the IPM archive from a different series of documents, and this may have taken place after the printed calendar was published. Unfortunately there seems to be no record of when the document was added to the file, or of its earlier provenance.