Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth

Though English supporters of the Oxford theologian John Wycliffe (d.1384)—known as “Lollards”—had been drawn from academic and noble/gentry circles during the later-fourteenth and early-fifteenth centuries, persecution, equation of heresy with sedition, and the failure of Sir John Oldcastle’s Rebellion (1414) ensured overt abandonment of Lollard id...

The case study of the Stansfields of Inchfield, Walsden (Transactions, 159, 2010) illuminated the worlds of a Lancashire yeomanry family during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by utilising their (six) surviving wills and (four) inventories to explore their kinship networks, religious perspectives, and farming practices. Following discovery...

(Re-)constructing the lineage of one lesser-gentry family in eastern Lancashire (from the thirteenth-century Oldham family to their sale of Werneth Hall), this study – utilising wills, inventories, deeds, parish registers, and other archives – surveys the Cudworths' socio-political, religious, and educational interests, as well as their wider assoc...

Focussing on the Duchy of Cornwall’s organisational structure during the Wars of the Roses, this survey examines the principal offices (which evolved around administration of its marine and terrene regalities) and personnel (administrative elite) in Cornwall and Devon. Consideration of successive Princes’ Councils and counsellors (and Councils of...

Avery Cornburgh (d.1487) of Bere Ferrers (Devon) and Dovers (Essex) – a Lancastrian, Yorkist, and Tudor household servant – was one of the appreciable numbers of crown servants utilised in local government during the fifteenth century. Serving in Cornwall and Essex as JP, MP, sheriff, and commissioner, he was prominent in Cornish affairs as a resul...

The Rules of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, adopted 6 April 1883, amended 1897, 1922, 1938, 1955, 1958, 1988, 2004, and 20 March 2017.

Surveying the many figures of local, regional, and national importance – ranging across medical, legal, business, military, religious, political, and academic spheres – who have contributed to the work of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society during the past thirteen decades, this summary offers the first complete listing (since 1943) of...

C.H. Jenkinson’s assertion that ‘the archivist is not and ought not to be a historian’ is the focus of this study of perspectives on the place of historical research in archival practice. It explores the archivist’s role by pursuing two objectives: contexualisation of Jenkinson’s views within contemporaneous developments in archives and historical...

Some of the complexities of inheritance practices are studied through the example of one non-gentry (yeomanry) family in eastern Lancashire from the later seventeenth to the nineteenth century: this study – using wills, parish registers, and other archives – (re-)constructs the Cudworths' genealogy, and examines their familial ties, socio-economic...

Socio-economic roles and family life from the late-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century are explored in this study of one non-gentry (yeomanry) family in eastern Lancashire: the Stansfields' genealogy is (re-)constituted – utilising wills, inventories, parish registers, and other archives – against the broader background of their kinship relat...

Re-assessing key aspects of non-gentry kinship relationships and family life through analysis of one family of yeomen and husbandmen in eastern Lancashire during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this study – using wills, inventories, deeds, parish registers, and other archives – (re-)constructs the Stansfields' genealogy, placing it within...

Identification of a regional element to Edward IV’s governance – as accepted by numerous historians – was the inspiration for this interdisciplinary study investigating the feasibility of a regional approach to the governance, politics, and elites of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset from 1450 to 1500. Exploring Edward IV’s ‘regional’ policy...

Identification of a regional element to Edward IV’s governance – as accepted by numerous historians – was the inspiration for this interdisciplinary study investigating the feasibility of a regional approach to the governance, politics, and elites of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset from 1450 to 1500. Exploring Edward IV’s ‘regional’ policy...

South-West England was of considerable strategic importance during the Wars of the Roses, and this two-county study provides an account of the political societies of Somerset and Dorset from 1461 to 1491, concentrating on the interaction of formal and informal structures of government (county administration, nobility, and royal household servants).

Catalogue of the Latin (and French) Folio Titles in the Presbytery Library of the Cathedral Church of St Peter, Lancaster, with an introduction contextualising the Library's history and contents.

Characterised as an amorphous, introverted network, Later Lollardy in England has been viewed by some historians as being unworthy of description as a sect because of its deficiency of organisation. This survey reassesses the nature of Lollard infrastructure by investigating the localism of Lollard beliefs, society (demography, literacy, and socio-...