The Register Of Edmund Stafford, (A. D. 1395-1419)

Inside a bishop’s ledger, the administrative life of a turbulent era is unexpectedly precise.Essential for medieval history readers.C. Hingeston’s Index and Abstract of The Register of Edmund Stafford (A.D. 1395-1419) transforms a dense medieval manuscript collection into a careful episcopal register index and historical document abstract. Organised with scholarly rigour and clear headings, the volume renders thousands of otherwise opaque entries accessible: appointments and administrative entries are distilled into concise abstracts with reliable references. As a companion to original bishops’ registers in England, it is indispensable for those studying medieval church administration and for anyone investigating clergy appointments in England; it also functions as a practical research tool for historians and as a genealogy resource for England, guiding local and family-history enquiries back to primary sources. The book bridges archive and reader, giving approachable access to the records that underpin English ecclesiastical history in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Hingeston’s methodical abstracts make the register not only searchable but intelligible, so that medieval church records can inform social, legal and local studies without endless archival wrangling.Beyond immediate utility, the register is a lasting witness to diocesan practice and the routines of medieval church governance; Hingeston’s index helps scholars trace personnel networks, institutional patterns and legal customs otherwise buried in manuscript folios. It speaks to social historians mapping parish and patronage ties, to legal historians charting ecclesiastical procedure, and to genealogists reconstructing family links through clergy appointments. Casual readers will find arresting human detail in the abstracts; classic-literature collectors, archivists and university libraries will prize this edition’s archival resonance and collectible appeal. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. An essential acquisition for libraries, historical societies and private collectors who value careful editions of bishops’ registers in England and other items from medieval manuscript collections.