Anne F. Sutton (–2022)

This book is an edition of a collection of documents compiled by John Vale, a servant to Thomas Cook, junior, alderman and Mayor of London during the mid to later 15th century. Much of the manuscript concerns the politics of London at the time. The edition begins with three introductory chapters by specialists which put the manuscript into its political and bibliographical context, followed by a transcript or calendar of every item in the manuscript. This is an important source for the show more period of the Wars of the Roses. show less

Well-produced illustrated study of the books in the library of Richard III. This medieval king was unusual in signing the books in his possession, allowing his library to be reconstructed. The extensive study concludes with a catalogue of the known books; xviii 333 pages, includes 82 plates in text and a further 11 in colour.