Estates of the English Crown, 1558-1640

Klappentext Essays on the Exchequer's mixed success in running Crown estates! with many local examples. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive account of the Crown estates and their management under Elizabeth I! James I and Charles I. A respected team of contributors examine the success and! more often! failure of the Exchequer in governing these lands. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of Pubic Record Office classes cited; 1. Introduction: aspects of the Crown's estate, c. 1558-1640 Richard Hoyle; 2. The Elizabethan Crown lands; their purposes and problems David Thomas; 3. The Elizabethan Duchy of Cornwall, an estate in stasis Graham Haslam; 4. Exchequer officials and the market in Crown property, 1558-1640 Madeleine Gray; 5. Power, patronage and politics: office-holding and administration on the Crown's estates in Wales Madeleine Gray; 6. Tenure on the Elizabethan estates Richard Hoyle; 7. Leases of Crown lands in the reign of Elizabeth I David Thomas; 8. Customary tenure on the Elizabethan estates Richard Hoyle; 9. 'Shearing the hog': the reform of the estates, c. 1598-1640 Richard Hoyle; 10. Jacobean Phoenix: the Duchy of Cornwall in the principates of Henry Frederick and Charles Graham Haslam; 11. The Crown as projector on its own estates, from Elizabeth I to Charles I Joan Thirsk; 12. Disafforestation and drainage: the Crown as entrepreneur? Richard Hoyle; 13. From swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early seventeenth century Peter Large; 14. Reflections on the history of the Crown lands, 1558-1640 Richard Hoyle; Index.

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• Authors: R. W. Hoyle, R. W. (Magdalen College Hoyle, R.w. Hoyle
• Assisted by: R. W. Hoyle (Editor), Hoyle R. W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521526517
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52651-7
• No. of pages: 460
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Property & real estate, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Property and real estate