| | The origin and continued existence of seigneurial country market towns in Lincolnshire depended on a number of factors, the most important ones being the site of the settlement, its distance from other villages, and road and river communications.
This publication is a set of 8 PDF files contained within a ZIP file - "Norman_Clarke_book.zip". They are chapters of a book that Norman Clarke was going to publish. The chapters cover: 1: Introduction 2: The Lordship of the Manor and Soke, Seigniory, Honour or Liberty of Horncastle 3: Horncastle Charters and Court Leet Byelaws 4: Wildmore Fen and Horncastle Manor and Soke 5: Horncastle Manorial Court Leet Byelaws 6: The Early Law in Action 7: Horncastle Population Trends 8: The Ancient Charters, Markets and Fairs of Horncastle |