1 MONASTIC RESEARCH BULLETIN Published online in the autumn of each calendar year (see http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/Publications/MRBfront.htm). Hard copies, if preferred, may be purchased from Sara Slinn at the Borthwick Institute, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD; email:
[email protected] Editorial contributions should be sent to the Editor, Dr Martin Heale, School of History, University of Liverpool, 9 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 7WZ; email:
[email protected] Standing Committee: Dr Andrew Abram, Dr Janet Burton, Dr Glyn Coppack, Professor Claire Cross, Professor Barrie Dobson, Professor Joan Greatrex, Dr Martin Heale (editor), Professor David Smith. CONTENTS OF ISSUE 15 (2009) Maureen Jurkowski, Monastic History in Clerical Taxation Records, p. 2; G. Dodd, A Neglected Source for Monastic History: Petitions to the Crown from English Religious Houses, p. 17; Jörg Sonntag, The Medieval Religious Life as Generator and Mediator of Entertainment Games in Medieval Society: Tension between Norm and Deviance, p. 24; Nicholas Karn, The Records of Peterborough Abbey, p. 32; Rita Wood, Augustinians and Pastoral Work: the Evidence in Sculpture, p. 36; Janet Burton, Monastic Wales, p. 41; Margaret Goodrich, Worcester Nunneries. The Nuns of the Medieval Diocese (Phillimore, 2008), p. 42; Ailbhe MacShamhráin, Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland Database, p. 43; Rhun Emlyn, Medieval Welsh Clerics and their Careers, p. 44; Select Bibliography, p. 46. 2 MONASTIC HISTORY IN CLERICAL TAXATION RECORDS∗ The E 179 project, or to give it its current formal title ‘Records of Clerical Taxation in England and Wales’, is an ongoing cataloguing project based at The National Archives (TNA) under the aegis of the History Department of the University of York.