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George Allen and Unwin, Published 1970. Hardcover, xii, 216 pp.; 22 cm; First Edition. Historical Problems: Studies and Documents, no. 10, edited by G. R. Elton. Published in New York by Barnes and Noble.
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Blue textured paper over boards with silver lettering on spine; mild shelf and edge wear. Top edge stained blue. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Endpapers mildly toned, with light toning along top edge. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket with pink medallion designs, printed with the list of the series on rear panel; small chips and nicks along top edge of both panels, light overall toning, and faint spotting on spine panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A study of the royal landed estate under the Yorkists and early Tudors, and its place in the development of chamber finance, the system by which revenues were managed directly through the king's household rather than the Exchequer. Five essays trace the royal demesne from Lancastrian government through Edward IV's "land revenue experiment" and the Court of General Surveyors under Henry VII to its decline after 1509, followed by twenty-three documents, most printed here for the first time, from Public Record Office, British Museum and Huntington Library sources, including Acts of Resumption, the King's Speech to Parliament of 1467, the Croyland chronicler on Edward IV's finances, and General Surveyors' docket books. Wolffe (1922-1988), Reader in History at the University of Exeter, argued that Edward IV was the first king to try to "live of his own" on the crown lands; he went on to write The Royal Demesne in English History and Henry VI for the Yale English Monarchs series. Contents: General Introduction; Author's Note; Introduction: The significance of the royal demesne in English government before 1461; The crown lands in Lancastrian and Early Tudor government: comparisons and contrasts; The Yorkist land revenue experiment; The Court of General Surveyors and chamber finance under Henry VII; The decline of the General Surveyors, 1509-1536; Documents (1-23); Index.