Lordship and the urban community: Durham and its overlords 1250-1540

Frontmatter
Acknowledgements (page xi)
List of abbreviations (page xiii)
INTRODUCTION (page 1)
1 URBAN ORIGINS: THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DURHAM TO 1250 (page 9)
	The origins of Durham
	The growth and development of Durham to c. 1250
2 THE URBAN LANDSCAPE OF DURHAM 1250-1540 (page 37)
	Suburban development: the boroughs
	River, bridges and mills
	The streets
	Tenements, messuages and burgages
3 DURHAM\'S MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS (page 75)
	Domestic buildings
	Public buildings: guild halls, borough court houses and bakehouses
4 LANDLORD AND TENANTS: THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DURHAM PRIORY AND ITS URBAN TENANTS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES (page 104)
	The fluctuations of urban rents
	The costs of maintaining an urban estate
5 TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS (page 145)
	The range of trades and industries in medieval Durham
	The Occupational topography of late-medieval Durham
	The Durham market
	Merchants and craftsmen: origins, wealth and social status
	Craft organisation
	The Durham economy in a national context
6 LORDSHIP IN ACTION: THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER IN LATE-MEDIEVAL DURHAM (page 195)
	The local courts of Durham
	The personnel of the Durham courts
	The business of the Durham courts
	Fines and other punishments
CONCLUSION. LORDSHIP AND COMMUNITY: THE RELATIONS BETWEEN DURHAM AND ITS ECCLESIASTICAL OVERLORDS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES (page 229)
Appendix 1 Maps and plans of Durham (page 237)
	1 John Speed\'s plan of Durham, 1611
	2 John Wood\'s plan of Durham, 1820
	3 Durham in c. 1250
	4 Reconstruction of tenements in Crossgate, Alvertongate and Milneburngate, Old Borough
	5 Tenement boundaries in New Elvet, 1439-c. 1442
	6 Plan of the south-east corner of Durham market place, c. 1567-8
	7 Plan of Durham\'s fortifications, c. 1400
	8 Plan of Durham castle
	9 The site and geology of Durham
	10 Late-medieval Durham: bridges and mills
	11 Scaltok Mill, c. 1440-5
Appendix 2 Tables (page 261)
	1 The income of the bursar from Durham rents, 1270-1539
	2 The growth of the hostillar\'s estate in Durham, c. 1300-1480: income received from the farms of Old and New Elvet
	3 The growth of the hostillar\'s estate in Durham: acquisitions of land, 1383-1512
	4 The income of the almoner from Durham rents, 1290-1537
	5 Rent arrears and decayed rents in the Durham estates of the bursar, the hostillar and the almoner, 1325-1533
	6 Waste rents in the Durham estates of the bursar, the hostillar and the almoner, 1352-1515
	7 Trades and crafts mentioned in Durham deeds pre-1300
	8 Trades and crafts mentioned in Durham deeds, 1300-1400
	9 Trades and crafts mentioned in Durham deeds, 1400-1500
Appendix 3 The dates of the bishops of Durham from 995 to the Dissolution (page 273)
Appendix 4 The obedientiaries of Durham Priory (page 277)
Appendix 5 The Durham courts (page 283)
Bibliography (page 285)
Index (page 295)