The Register of Gilbert Welton - Bishop of Carlisle, 1353-1362

Gilbert Welton was an eminent ecclesiastical administrator who won papal favour when visiting the Curia at Avignon. He recruited qualified staff before settling in the impoverished, war-torn diocese of Carlisle, which had not been accustomed to a resident bishop or to a high standard of episcopal government. His professionalism is reflected in the professional quality of his register. Among its contents are a dozen records of matrimonial causes (one Carlisle woman was divorced twice in six weeks); of further social interest are the 59 wills of laymen and beneficed clergy, many of them victims of the second visitation of the Black Death in 1362. This volume offers a calendar of the whole manuscript, with an appendix of full Latin texts of entries of special interest.

Summary

Register of capable ecclesiastical administrator shows him imposing order on impoverished war-ton Carlisle diocese.

Product details

• Authors: R. L. Storey, R.L. Storey
• Assisted by: R L Storey (Editor), R. L. Storey (Editor), R.L. Storey (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.1999
• EAN: 9780907239598
• ISBN: 978-0-907239-59-8
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Canterbury & York Society
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works