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Gilbert Welton was an eminent ecclesiastical administrator who won papal favour when visiting the Curia at Avignon. He recruited qualified staff before settling in the impoverished, war-torn diocese of Carlisle, which had not been accustomed to a resident bishop or to a high standard of episcopal government. His professionalism is reflected in the professional quality of his register. Among its contents are a dozen records of matrimonial causes (one Carlisle woman was divorced twice in six weeks); of further social interest are the 59 wills of laymen and beneficed clergy, many of them victims of the second visitation of the Black Death in 1362. This volume offers a calendar of the whole manuscript, with an appendix of full Latin texts of entries of special interest.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Register of Gilbert Welton, Bishop of Carlisle 1353-1362
• Author: R. L. Storey
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 221
• EAN: 9780907239598
• ID: 04760680
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 560 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. December 1999

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