John Kirkby's episcopate was an eventful one. It coincided with a period of Anglo-Scottish warfare in which the bishop participated with gusto, but even domestically his tenure of the see of Carlisle was stormy: the bishop was involved in feuding among the local gentry, and quarrelled with his archdeacon and with the dean and chapter of York during the vacancy of 1340-42. This second volume of Kirkby's register includes a rental of episcopal manors, an appendix of transcripts of documents, and the index, adding to the calendar contained in the first volume and providing a lively record of life in a remote part of the country.
R.L. STOREYis Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Nottingham University. He is the author of several standard books on late-Medieval England.
- ISBN10 0907239501
- ISBN13 9780907239505
- Publish Date 23 March 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Imprint Canterbury & York Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 147
- Language English