Since finishing her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1992, Shannon McSheffrey has taught at Concordia University in Montreal, where she is now Professor of History. She has won several awards for her research and teaching. Over the last twenty-five years she has published books and articles on a number of aspects of late medieval and Tudor England, exploring issues as varied as gender roles, law, civic culture, marriage, literacy, heresy, and popular religion. Seeking Sanctuary grew out of a curiosity about how English people in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries used law, legal records, and legal archives.

• 1: INTRODUCTION: RICHARD SOUTHWELL FLEES TO SANCTUARY Seeking Sanctuary in Late Medieval and Tudor England Explaining the Tudor Resurgence of Sanctuary Sanctuary and the Partiality of the Archives 2: TAVERN BRAWLS, CIVIL WARS, AND REMEDIES FOR TYRANNY: THE EVOLUTION OF SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND, C. 1380-1500 Herman Stokfyssh and his Flight to Westminster: The Development of Chartered Sanctuary c. 1400 Sanctuary-Seeking 1400-1550: The Numbers Sanctuary and the Wars of the Roses Sanctuary, Mercy, and Redemption Ecclesiastical Liberties as a Weapon Against Tyranny: St. Edmund and Sheriff Leoffstan 3: DEAN CAUDRAY AND THE CITY OF LONDON: THE POLITICS OF SANCTUARY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY The Escape of John Knight St. Martin le Grand and the City of London: Liberties, Franchises, and Jurisdictions Dean Caudray and the Events of September 1440 Marshalling Cases The End of Dean Caudray's Days 4: THE HOSPITALLER'S CLOAK: MERCY, JUSTICE, JURISDICTION Richard Pulham, Ralph Toker, and the Hospitaller's Cloak The Hospitaller Order, English Criminal Justice, and Christian Mercy in Action Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1400-1485 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1485-1520 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller properties, 1520-1539 5: FRANCIS WOODLEKE'S WINDOW: STRANGER SHOEMAKERS, BOUNDARIES, AND SANCTUARY IN LONDON IN THE 1530S Living in the Precinct of St. Martin Le Grand Governing St. Martin's Precinct in the Reign of Henry VIII Stranger Artisans, Sanctuary Men, and the City The Boundaries of St. Martin's The Dissolution of St. Martin le Grand and Beyond 6: THE SANCTUARY TOWN OF KNOWLE: CRIME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THE STATE IN 1530S ENGLAND The Goat Inn Robber and Sanctuary at Knowle Robbery, Flight, Sanctuary Sanctuary at Knowle and the Administration of Law and Justice in the 1530s The Knowle Sanctuary and Tudor State Formation 7: CHESHIRE FEUDS: ARISTOCRATIC VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF SANCTUARY IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII Affrays in St. Paul's Churchyard Breaching Sanctuary Sanctuary and Aristocratic Violence in the Reign of Henry VIII 8: CONCLUSIONS: SANCTUARY, LAW, AND POLITICS The Statute of 1540 and Sanctuary's Precipitous Decline Sanctuary, Law, and Politics in England, 1400-1550

[Seeking Sanctuary] presents a bold and plausible new interpretation. Yet what makes the book such a pleasure are the fascinating tales it tells about the individual experiences of seeking, running and protecting specific sanctuaries ... Seeking Sanctuary makes an outstanding contribution: while the book may not be the last word on the subject, it has transformed it.

Since finishing her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1992, Shannon McSheffrey has taught at Concordia University in Montreal, where she is now Professor of History. She has won several awards for her research and teaching. Over the last twenty-five years she has published books and articles on a number of aspects of late medieval and Tudor England, exploring issues as varied as gender roles, law, civic culture, marriage, literacy, heresy, and popular religion. Seeking Sanctuary grew out of a curiosity about how English people in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries used law, legal records, and legal archives.

• 1: INTRODUCTION: RICHARD SOUTHWELL FLEES TO SANCTUARY Seeking Sanctuary in Late Medieval and Tudor England Explaining the Tudor Resurgence of Sanctuary Sanctuary and the Partiality of the Archives 2: TAVERN BRAWLS, CIVIL WARS, AND REMEDIES FOR TYRANNY: THE EVOLUTION OF SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND, C. 1380-1500 Herman Stokfyssh and his Flight to Westminster: The Development of Chartered Sanctuary c. 1400 Sanctuary-Seeking 1400-1550: The Numbers Sanctuary and the Wars of the Roses Sanctuary, Mercy, and Redemption Ecclesiastical Liberties as a Weapon Against Tyranny: St. Edmund and Sheriff Leoffstan 3: DEAN CAUDRAY AND THE CITY OF LONDON: THE POLITICS OF SANCTUARY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY The Escape of John Knight St. Martin le Grand and the City of London: Liberties, Franchises, and Jurisdictions Dean Caudray and the Events of September 1440 Marshalling Cases The End of Dean Caudray's Days 4: THE HOSPITALLER'S CLOAK: MERCY, JUSTICE, JURISDICTION Richard Pulham, Ralph Toker, and the Hospitaller's Cloak The Hospitaller Order, English Criminal Justice, and Christian Mercy in Action Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1400-1485 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1485-1520 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller properties, 1520-1539 5: FRANCIS WOODLEKE'S WINDOW: STRANGER SHOEMAKERS, BOUNDARIES, AND SANCTUARY IN LONDON IN THE 1530S Living in the Precinct of St. Martin Le Grand Governing St. Martin's Precinct in the Reign of Henry VIII Stranger Artisans, Sanctuary Men, and the City The Boundaries of St. Martin's The Dissolution of St. Martin le Grand and Beyond 6: THE SANCTUARY TOWN OF KNOWLE: CRIME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THE STATE IN 1530S ENGLAND The Goat Inn Robber and Sanctuary at Knowle Robbery, Flight, Sanctuary Sanctuary at Knowle and the Administration of Law and Justice in the 1530s The Knowle Sanctuary and Tudor State Formation 7: CHESHIRE FEUDS: ARISTOCRATIC VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF SANCTUARY IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII Affrays in St. Paul's Churchyard Breaching Sanctuary Sanctuary and Aristocratic Violence in the Reign of Henry VIII 8: CONCLUSIONS: SANCTUARY, LAW, AND POLITICS The Statute of 1540 and Sanctuary's Precipitous Decline Sanctuary, Law, and Politics in England, 1400-1550

[Seeking Sanctuary] presents a bold and plausible new interpretation. Yet what makes the book such a pleasure are the fascinating tales it tells about the individual experiences of seeking, running and protecting specific sanctuaries ... Seeking Sanctuary makes an outstanding contribution: while the book may not be the last word on the subject, it has transformed it.

Since finishing her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1992, Shannon McSheffrey has taught at Concordia University in Montreal, where she is now Professor of History. She has won several awards for her research and teaching. Over the last twenty-five years she has published books and articles on a number of aspects of late medieval and Tudor England, exploring issues as varied as gender roles, law, civic culture, marriage, literacy, heresy, and popular religion. Seeking Sanctuary grew out of a curiosity about how English people in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries used law, legal records, and legal archives.

• 1: INTRODUCTION: RICHARD SOUTHWELL FLEES TO SANCTUARY Seeking Sanctuary in Late Medieval and Tudor England Explaining the Tudor Resurgence of Sanctuary Sanctuary and the Partiality of the Archives 2: TAVERN BRAWLS, CIVIL WARS, AND REMEDIES FOR TYRANNY: THE EVOLUTION OF SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND, C. 1380-1500 Herman Stokfyssh and his Flight to Westminster: The Development of Chartered Sanctuary c. 1400 Sanctuary-Seeking 1400-1550: The Numbers Sanctuary and the Wars of the Roses Sanctuary, Mercy, and Redemption Ecclesiastical Liberties as a Weapon Against Tyranny: St. Edmund and Sheriff Leoffstan 3: DEAN CAUDRAY AND THE CITY OF LONDON: THE POLITICS OF SANCTUARY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY The Escape of John Knight St. Martin le Grand and the City of London: Liberties, Franchises, and Jurisdictions Dean Caudray and the Events of September 1440 Marshalling Cases The End of Dean Caudray's Days 4: THE HOSPITALLER'S CLOAK: MERCY, JUSTICE, JURISDICTION Richard Pulham, Ralph Toker, and the Hospitaller's Cloak The Hospitaller Order, English Criminal Justice, and Christian Mercy in Action Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1400-1485 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1485-1520 Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller properties, 1520-1539 5: FRANCIS WOODLEKE'S WINDOW: STRANGER SHOEMAKERS, BOUNDARIES, AND SANCTUARY IN LONDON IN THE 1530S Living in the Precinct of St. Martin Le Grand Governing St. Martin's Precinct in the Reign of Henry VIII Stranger Artisans, Sanctuary Men, and the City The Boundaries of St. Martin's The Dissolution of St. Martin le Grand and Beyond 6: THE SANCTUARY TOWN OF KNOWLE: CRIME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THE STATE IN 1530S ENGLAND The Goat Inn Robber and Sanctuary at Knowle Robbery, Flight, Sanctuary Sanctuary at Knowle and the Administration of Law and Justice in the 1530s The Knowle Sanctuary and Tudor State Formation 7: CHESHIRE FEUDS: ARISTOCRATIC VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF SANCTUARY IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII Affrays in St. Paul's Churchyard Breaching Sanctuary Sanctuary and Aristocratic Violence in the Reign of Henry VIII 8: CONCLUSIONS: SANCTUARY, LAW, AND POLITICS The Statute of 1540 and Sanctuary's Precipitous Decline Sanctuary, Law, and Politics in England, 1400-1550

[Seeking Sanctuary] presents a bold and plausible new interpretation. Yet what makes the book such a pleasure are the fascinating tales it tells about the individual experiences of seeking, running and protecting specific sanctuaries ... Seeking Sanctuary makes an outstanding contribution: while the book may not be the last word on the subject, it has transformed it.