Table Of Contents:
List of Illustrations i
Foreword iii

Professor Anthony J. Pollard
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Intentional or Unintentional Implications 5

Political and Governmental Implications 8

Methodological Implications 12

The Regional Approach: South-West England 15
Chapter 2 Regions and Identities in South-West England 27

Geographical Regions 32

Economic Regions 35

Cultural Regions 41

Conclusions 56
Chapter 3 Political Structures 61

Formal Points of Contact: Council, Court, and County 63

Informal Points of Contact: Lordship and Clientelism 70

Sources for the Study of Lordship 79

The Duchy of Cornwall: Estates, Regalities, and Administration 84

Political Regions: Institutional and Gubernatorial 93
Chapter 4 Political Elites 97

Study of Political Elites 98

Definition of Political Elites 101

Regional Identity and Political Eites in South-West England 106

Three Case Studies: The Hungerfords, Arundells, and Edgcumbes 119

Conclusions 147
Chapter 5 Patrons, Clients, and Politics: 1450-61 149

Government and Politics in Somerset 151

Government and Politics in Dorset 161

Government and Politics in Devon 165

Government and Politics in Cornwall 173

Overview: The Roles of Somerset, Bonville, and Wiltshire 183
Chapter 6 Regional Governance and Readeption: 1461-71 191

Government and Politics in Somerset 192

Government and Politics in Dorset 200

Government and Politics in Devon 206

Government and Politics in Cornwall 213

Overview: The Regional Role of Humphrey, Lord Stafford 220
Chapter 7 Regional Governance and Restructuring: 1471-83 227

Government and Politics in Somerset 228

Government and Politics in Dorset 238

Government and Politics in Devon 244

Government and Politics in Cornwall 252

Overview: The Roles of Clarence, Hastings, Dinham, and Dorset 260
Chapter 8 Usurpation and Upheaval: 1483-5 267

Government and Politics in Somerset 268

Government and Politics in Dorset 280

Government and Politics in Devon 284

Government and Politics in Cornwall 290

Overview: Regional Roles and Northernisation 298
Chapter 9 Centralisation and Settlement: 1485-1500 303

Government and Politics in Somerset 305

Government and Politics in Dorset 317

Government and Politics in Devon 321

Government and Politics in Cornwall 329

Overview: The Roles of Daubeney and Willoughby 339
Chapter 10 Conclusion 347

Elites and Identities 347

Regional and Household Governance 351

Regional Studies 366
Appendix I Landholding and Office-holding 1450-1500 373

Table I: The Landholding and Office-holding of the South-West Peerage 373

Table II: The Landholding and Office-holding of the South-West Gentry 375
Appendix II Directory of Political Elites 1450-1500 385

Table I: Directory of the South-West Peerage 385

Table II: Directory of the South-West Gentry 389
Appendix III Hungerford, Arundell, and Edgcumbe Associates 417

Table I: Hungerford Associates 1441-80 417

Table II: Arundell Associates 1450-1500 424

Table III: Edgcumbe Associates 1487-1500 428
Appendix IV Commissions of the Peace 1450-1500 429

Table I: Cornwall Commissions of the Peace 1445-1502 429

Table II: Devon Commissions of the Peace 1448-1501 431

Table III: Dorset Commissions of the Peace 1447-1500 434

Table IV: Somerset Commissions of the Peace 1449-1500 436

Diagram I: Cornwall Commissions of the Peace 1445-98 439

Diagram II: Devon Commissions of the Peace 1448-96 439

Diagram III: Dorset Commissions of the Peace 1447-1500 440

Diagram IV: Somerset Commissions of the Peace 1449-1500 440
Bibliography 441
Index 495