An edition of accounts of the Manor of Bickley, Cheshire, 1395-1465 / edited by Matt Bazley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bazley, Matt, editor.

Chetham Society, issuing body.

Series:

Remains, historical and literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester ; 3rd ser., v. 56.

Remains, historical and literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester ; volume LVI [56], third series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manors--England--Cheshire--Administration.

Manors.

Manors--England--Cheshire--Finance.

Account books--England--Cheshire--Sources.

Account books.

Administration of estates--England--Cheshire--To 1500.

Administration of estates.

Cheshire (England)--History--Sources.

Cheshire (England).

England--Cheshire.

Genre:

account books.

History

Account books.

Physical Description:

viii, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Accounts of the Manor of Bickley, Cheshire, 1395-1465

Place of Publication:

Manchester : The Chetham Society, 2022.

Summary:

"This edition examines a series of sixteen manorial accounts from the manor of Bickley in Cheshire, covering the period 1395-1465. They detail the annual financial incomings and outgoings of the manor in great detail and provide an excellent insight into the day-to-day administration of the estate. They represent a unique resource for Cheshire, as the only surviving extant series of medieval accounts for the county that does not come from a manor owned by the king or the earl of Chester."--Summary, p. viii.

Contents:

Introduction

The development of manorial accounting

The local context ; The County Palatine of Cheshire ; Agriculture in Cheshire ; Bickley : the descent and development of the manor ; The world outside Bickley

Accounting procedure ; The bailiff's role ; Compilation of the account ; Writing the account ; The audit

Accounting in Cheshire ; Editorial notes for the accounts

Appendix 1. Transcription and translation [of the accounts]

Place names and their modern equivalents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-216) and index.

ISBN:

9780955427695

095542769X

OCLC:

1339052443