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The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family
Marshals of England and Earls of Pembroke, 1145–1248

Part of Camden Fifth Series

Editor: David Crouch, University of Hull

Date Published: August 2015
availability: Available
format: Hardback
isbn: 9781107130036

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This collection represents the surviving output of the clerks of the men and women of the most powerful magnate dynasty in England, Wales and Ireland in the thirteenth century. Its greatness was short-lived, but as a result of the Marshals' spread of interests and marriage alliances the charters and letters edited here embrace a remarkable diversity of lordships and societies. That fact and the central place the two Earls William Marshal held at the court of the young Henry III between 1216 and 1231, playing a decisive role in the establishment of Magna Carta, give this collection a unique interest for medieval historians of Britain and France, more so perhaps than for any other contemporary magnate family.
- A collection of documents associated with the most powerful magnate dynasty in England, Wales and Ireland in the thirteenth century
- The Marshal's broad range of interests and marriage alliances mean that this collection gives an insight into a remarkable diversity of lordships and societies
- The two Earls William Marshal held a central place at the court of the young Henry III between 1216 and 1231, playing a decisive role in the establishment of Magna Carta
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Product details
- Date Published: August 2015
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107130036
- length: 538 pages
- dimensions: 224 x 146 x 33 mm
- weight: 0.78kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of manuscript sources
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Marshal Family of Hamstead
Part II. Clerical Practice
Part III. Sigillography
Part IV. Editorial Principles
Part V. The Acts and Letters:
1. John Marshal the Elder and Younger
2. William Marshal the Elder
3. Countess Isabel
4. William Marshal the Younger
5. Countess Eleanor
6. Richard Marshal
7. Gilbert Marshal
8. Walter Marshal
9. Countess Margaret de Lacy
10. Ansel Marshal
11. Countess Matilda Bigot
Appendix I. Royal grants to the Marshal family
Appendix II. The marriage of William Marshal the Younger
Index to the Acts
Index.
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David Crouch, University of Hull
David Crouch has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Hull since 2000. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014. He is co-editor of the three-volume History of William Marshal (2003–7), and author of William Marshal (1990), King Stephen (2000), Tournament (2000), The Birth of Nobility (2005) and The English Aristocracy, 1070–1272 (2013). The third edition of William Marshal is to be published in 2016.