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LVII. The Manor And Borough Of Leeds, 1425-1662: An Edition Of Documents, Edited by Joan W. Kirby; 1983.

John Le Patourel, F.B.A.		xi
Preface to the edition		xvii
Abbreviations		xxi
Introduction		xxiii
	The Structure of the Manor, Manorial Records, Administration and Officials	xxiii
	The Manorial Lands	xxxix
	The Tenants and their Holdings	xlvii
	The Expansion of the Town	lx
	The Documents	lxx
	Editorial Method	lxxvi

Part One

Financial Records of the Manor of Leeds: Ministers’ Accounts and Surveys

1	The Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1438 – Michaelmas 1439	3
2	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1462 – Michaelmas 1463	8
3	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1483 – Michaelmas 1484	14
4	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1499 – Michaelmas 1500	23
5	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1536 – Michaelmas 1537	33
6	The Survey of 2 Edward VI (1548)	38
7	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1558 – Michaelmas 1559	47
8	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1569 – Michaelmas 1570	51
9	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1579 – Michaelmas 1580	55
10	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1581 – Michaelmas 1582	62
11	Extracts from the Reeve’s Account, Michaelmas 1609 – Michaelmas 1610	66
12	The Survey of 9 James I (1612)	72
13	The Survey of 4 Charles I (1628)	155
14	Abstract of the Indenture of Conveyance of the Manor of Leeds from Trustees for the City of London to William Skelton and other, 6 May 1629	206

Part Two

Ordinances and Constitutions for Regulating Trade within the Borough of Leeds, 1629-62

15	Ordinances for Ordering and Governing the Trade Within the Borough 1629-30	211
16	Ordinances for Making of the Clothworkers of the Borough into a Guild or Fraternity, 1630	219
17	Ordinances for Making of the Mercers, Grocers, Salters, and others into a Guild or Fraternity, 1662	231
APPENDICES
I	Chronology of the Dispute between the Inhabitants of the Manor of Leeds-Kirkgate-cum-Holbeck and the Farmers and Occupiers of the Leeds Corn-Mill 1597-1619	243
II	Receipts, Expenses and Liveries, 1438-1610	250
III	Receipts from Individual Sources, 1400-1610	252
IV	Arrears	255
V	Perquisites of the Courts	256
VI	Landholding in Leeds: 1425 Rental	258
VII	Biographical Notes	266
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY		285
INDEX		301

TABLES

I	Costs of Repairs and Maintenance	xxxviii
II	Tenants and Tenures in Leeds, 1341-43 and 1425	xlviii
III	Families in Leeds, 1341-1425	li
IV	Leeds Tenants: Survival of Surnames, 1342-1612	lix

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