Invaluable edition...important contribution to the study of medieval Bury St Edmunds. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY The publication of Suffolk charters goes from strength to strength. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
Christopher Harper-Bill is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.
Manuscripts used in this edition; abbreviations; introduction - the medieval hospitals of Bury St Edmunds, the manuscripts, editorial method; appendices - wardens of St John's hospital ("domus Dei"), masters of the hospital of St Nicholas, priors or masters of St Peter's hospital, masters or hospitallers of St Saviour's hospital, chronological list of benefactors; the charters - 1-105 St John's hospital, 106-121B hospital of St Nicholas, 122-164A St Peter's hospital, 165-255 St Saviour's hospital.