- 1 I read this paper to the History Section of the A.N.Z.A.A.S. Congress at Brisbane on 24 May 1971. I shall present the evidence for the points made in a recently written book, Rural Life in England and Wales from the English Conquest to the Black Death. In general terms the sources for this article consist of all the known and available printed sources for the whole of England and Wales which deal specifically with agrarian matters down to 1350, all the known published and unpublished sources for the Lincolnshire Fenland down to 1500, and all the unpublished charters in Leicester Museum for Leicestershire. The main categories of material used are charters, final concords, records of law‐suits, surveys, rentals, extents, custumals, manorial and other account rolls, court rolls and a few taxation records such as the Lay Subsidy Rolls, the Nonae Rolls and the taxation of Pope Nicholas. I have tried to be as comprehensive as possible and to cover in as great depth as may be the whole of England and Wales.
Historical Studies
Volume 15, 1972 - Issue 58