Admirable edition, provided with two excellent indices for persons and places and for subjects... sheds valuable light on the workings of the Church in an often murky corner of England.

• The register; the bishop's audience; wills; the Black Death; editorial method; the register of John Horncastle, bishop-elect, 1353 (nos 1-6); register of Bishop Welton - the main register (nos 7-517), quire of diverse letters (nos 518-604), ordinations of clergy (nos 604-622).

Admirable edition, provided with two excellent indices for persons and places and for subjects... sheds valuable light on the workings of the Church in an often murky corner of England.

• The register; the bishop's audience; wills; the Black Death; editorial method; the register of John Horncastle, bishop-elect, 1353 (nos 1-6); register of Bishop Welton - the main register (nos 7-517), quire of diverse letters (nos 518-604), ordinations of clergy (nos 604-622).

Admirable edition, provided with two excellent indices for persons and places and for subjects... sheds valuable light on the workings of the Church in an often murky corner of England.

• The register; the bishop's audience; wills; the Black Death; editorial method; the register of John Horncastle, bishop-elect, 1353 (nos 1-6); register of Bishop Welton - the main register (nos 7-517), quire of diverse letters (nos 518-604), ordinations of clergy (nos 604-622).