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" The Beauchamp earls of Warwick in the Later Middle Ages. "
Sinclair, Alexandra Frances Jane.
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Latin Dissertation
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1093400
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TLets282304
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Sinclair, Alexandra Frances Jane.
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The Beauchamp earls of Warwick in the Later Middle Ages.\ Sinclair, Alexandra Frances Jane.
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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1987
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1987
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Ph.D.
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Ensconced as sheriffs of Worcestershire since Norman times,the Beauchamps owed their earidom to a particularly fortunatemarriage in the thirteenth century. Thereafter, they, like othermagnate families, owed their increasing prosperity to marriagealliance and to royal service, found wanting only when the Crownitself exhibited weakness.Though virtually all the Beauchamp earls belonged to thelater middle ages, the chance survival of their records and otherfactors have dictated that emphasis be laid on their historyafter 1369 and that, within that period, a personal bias be givento the life of the fifth earl. The balance has been redressed,however, by the discussion of other aspects not confined to theyears 1401-39.The fourth earl's disgrace in 1397 marked the nadir ofBeauchamp fortunes, a situation reversed by the advent of HenryIV. The beginning of the Lancastrian regime practicallycoincided with the majority of Earl Richard, who oversaw therecovery and expansion of the family's wealth and influence andprepared the way for their short-lived dukedom. This wasextinguished, along with their earldom, on the failure of themale line in 1446.Detailed attention is given to the estate administration andfinances of the fourth and fifth earls, who took an interest insuch matters. As a result, they probably enjoyed a fairly steadyincome from land (political loss aside) in the period 1395-1423,and its expenditure reflected their current preoccupations:lawsuits, the purchase of property, the war, and patronage.The Beauchamps dispensed largesse to a numerous following,the subject of a final chapter dealing with the cost and natureof their patronage, the composition and stability of theaffinity, and the interaction of the war and peace-time retinues.
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History
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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