Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers 1290}}}1483 [Paperback]

This book provides us with a fascinating insight into the lives and careers of a gentry family in late medieval England.The Stonor letters and papers, like the better known Paston letters, form one of only three surviving archives of gentry correspondence from late medieval England. This reissue of the classic Kingsford edition will be essential reading for scholars of late medieval England.The Stonor letters and papers, like the better known Paston letters, form one of only three surviving archives of gentry correspondence from late medieval England. This reissue of the classic Kingsford edition will be essential reading for scholars of late medieval England.The Stonor letters and papers, like the better known Paston letters, form one of only three surviving archives of gentry correspondence from late medieval England. The Stonor collection provides us with a wealth of otherwise unobtainable detail about the lives and careers of a gentry family, their servants and their friends. This reissue of the classic Kingsford edition (with a new introduction and annotation from Christine Carpenter) will be essential reading for scholars of late medieval England, and for anyone interested in the Wars of the Roses, or life in medieval England generally.Preface to 1996 edition; List of abbreviations; Introduction to 1996 edition; Kingsford's introduction; Kingsford's appendix to his introduction; The Stonor letters and papers Volume I; The Stonor letters and papers Volume II; Supplementary letters and papers; Index; Notes; Summary listing of material in PRO not mentioned by Kingsford.