Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Section 1: Topography in Westminster: the shape and layout
• 1. Context and contours of a young town
• 2. People in the dispersed settlements of Westminster
• 3. Roads, ditches and fields
• Start of the chronological story: -
• Section 2: The waking of a town 971-1189 AD
• 4. Early people and powers in Westminster
• 5. The constant presence of the abbots
• 6. Abbot's men and king's men
• Section 3: The town stirs 1189-1216
• 7. At the turn of two centuries: trends and further abbots
• 8. Abbey servants as residents in the town
• 9. The gathering of teh king's senior ministers
• 10. The town invaded byt lesser officials
• Section 4: Westminster under King Henry III 1216 - 1272: and continued to 1300
• 11. The boy-king and the justiciar
• 12. The three abbots 'Richard': Richard of Berking
• 13. The three abbots 'Richard': Richard of Crokesley
• 14. The three abbots 'Richard': Richard of Ware
• 15. The great rebuilding of the abbey
• 16. Lay people and places in the unfolding century
• Section 5: The unravelling of the abbey's century 1283-1307
• 17. Abbot Walter of Wenlock
• 18. The Days of Wrath
• Section 6: Life in two of the nearby Corridor estates
• 19. The abbot's manor and village of Eye 1098-1307
• 20. The cycle of a farming year in Eye 1290-1307
• 21. The manor of Hampstead - under foreign lords 1086-1257
• 22. The manor of Hampstead - restored to the convent 1258-1312
• Appendices
• A. Some named 'fees' in Westminster
• B. The eastern boundary of Westminster
• C. The location of the village of Eye
• D. The sizes and shapes of Westminster properties
• E. Some occupational names of Westmi8nster, 1154-1307
• F. The way ahead: consolidations of estates, 1307 ff.