Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

• Introduction - Richard Goddard and Teresa PhippsTown Courts in Medieval England: An Introduction - Maryanne KowaleskiBorough Court Cases as Legal Precedent in English Town Custumals - Esther Liberman CuencaThe Priest of Nottingham and the Holy Household of Ousegate: Telling Tales in Court - Jeremy GoldbergFemale Litigants and the Borough Court: Status and Strategy in the Case of Agnes Halum of Nottingham - Teresa PhippsCourts and Urbanisation: Jurisdiction in Late Medieval Seigneurial Boroughs and Towns - Christopher DyerThe Business of the Leet Courts in Medieval Norwich, 1288-1391 - Samantha SaguiThe Black Death and the Borough Court: The Changing Pattern of Social and Judicial Representation in Late Medieval Lincoln - Alan KissaneJustice and Jurisdictions in Late Medieval Chester - J W LaughtonTrust: Business Networks and the Borough Court - Richard GoddardSociety, Status and the Leet Court in Margery Kempe's Lynn - Susan MaddockAppendix: An Annotated List of Printed or Online Transcriptions and Translations of Medieval Town Courts in Britain to 1500BibliographyIndex

[This] is a wonderful collection of fascinating essays

Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

• Introduction - Richard Goddard and Teresa PhippsTown Courts in Medieval England: An Introduction - Maryanne KowaleskiBorough Court Cases as Legal Precedent in English Town Custumals - Esther Liberman CuencaThe Priest of Nottingham and the Holy Household of Ousegate: Telling Tales in Court - Jeremy GoldbergFemale Litigants and the Borough Court: Status and Strategy in the Case of Agnes Halum of Nottingham - Teresa PhippsCourts and Urbanisation: Jurisdiction in Late Medieval Seigneurial Boroughs and Towns - Christopher DyerThe Business of the Leet Courts in Medieval Norwich, 1288-1391 - Samantha SaguiThe Black Death and the Borough Court: The Changing Pattern of Social and Judicial Representation in Late Medieval Lincoln - Alan KissaneJustice and Jurisdictions in Late Medieval Chester - J W LaughtonTrust: Business Networks and the Borough Court - Richard GoddardSociety, Status and the Leet Court in Margery Kempe's Lynn - Susan MaddockAppendix: An Annotated List of Printed or Online Transcriptions and Translations of Medieval Town Courts in Britain to 1500BibliographyIndex

[This] is a wonderful collection of fascinating essays

Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

• Introduction - Richard Goddard and Teresa PhippsTown Courts in Medieval England: An Introduction - Maryanne KowaleskiBorough Court Cases as Legal Precedent in English Town Custumals - Esther Liberman CuencaThe Priest of Nottingham and the Holy Household of Ousegate: Telling Tales in Court - Jeremy GoldbergFemale Litigants and the Borough Court: Status and Strategy in the Case of Agnes Halum of Nottingham - Teresa PhippsCourts and Urbanisation: Jurisdiction in Late Medieval Seigneurial Boroughs and Towns - Christopher DyerThe Business of the Leet Courts in Medieval Norwich, 1288-1391 - Samantha SaguiThe Black Death and the Borough Court: The Changing Pattern of Social and Judicial Representation in Late Medieval Lincoln - Alan KissaneJustice and Jurisdictions in Late Medieval Chester - J W LaughtonTrust: Business Networks and the Borough Court - Richard GoddardSociety, Status and the Leet Court in Margery Kempe's Lynn - Susan MaddockAppendix: An Annotated List of Printed or Online Transcriptions and Translations of Medieval Town Courts in Britain to 1500BibliographyIndex

[This] is a wonderful collection of fascinating essays