Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500 is the first survey of its kind for over 150 years, the three volumes offering an up-to-date assessment of nearly 700 houses and a synthesis of current knowledge and research. During the period covered, houses and castles were often residences of social aspiration, but they also reflected the needs of households of considerable size and complexity. Therefore the author pays as much attention to the owner’s standing and position in society as to the architecture and design of his residence. The survey is ground-breaking in its consideration of late medieval castles as sophisticated residences of status and functional splendour, rather than as fortresses in decline, the hitherto accepted view of military historians. The survey also considers related struc- tures of corporate occupation – academic colleges, secular colleges of canons, guild halls and monastic foundations – with their halls, retiring rooms, and lodging ranges which are ignored regularly in the context of domestic architecture. This second volume, covering East Anglia, central England, and Wales, is divided into five geographical regions. Each of the four English regions is supported by historical and architectural intro- ductions, and by a stimulating essay prompted by a key building in the region. The fifth section, on Wales, is the first overview devoted solely to medieval Welsh houses, concentrating as much on the political, social, economic and cultural reasons for the considerable differences between English and Welsh domestic architecture as on the houses that have survived. Over 320 properties have been reappraised in a text that is com- plemented by a wide range of illustrations – plans and maps, early engravings, and a wealth of photographs showing the present con- dition of almost every house discussed. Many traditional assump- tions on well-known buildings are challenged by the author, making this volume – and the series – an essential work of reference for anyone interested in the history and culture of medieval England and Wales. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information GREATER MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1300–1500 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information GREATER MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1300–1500 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information GREATER MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1300–1500 Volume II east anglia, central england, and wales ANTHONY EMERY © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 8ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org To John Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521581318 © Anthony Emery 2000 This publication is in copyright. 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Frontispiece Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire, drawn by the author © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information To John © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information CONTENTS Acknowledgements page xii List of abbreviations xiv Introduction 1 PART I EAST ANGLIA 1 East Anglia: historical background 9 Norfolk 9 / Suffolk 12 / Essex 14 / The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 15 / Cambridgeshire 16 / Late medieval art in East Anglia 16 2 East Anglia: architectural introduction 19 Castles 19 / Fortified houses 20 / Stone houses 21 / Timber- framed houses 22 / Brick houses 25 / Monastic foundations 29 / Collegiate foundations 30 / Moated sites 31 3 Monastic residential survivals 35 4 East Anglia: bibliography 45 5 East Anglia: survey 48 Abington Pigotts, Downhall Manor 48 / Baconsthorpe Castle 49 / Burwell Lodging Range 50 / Bury St Edmunds, Abbot’s House 51 / Butley Priory and Suffolk monastic gatehouses 53 / Caister Castle 56 / Cambridge, Corpus Christi College and the early development of the University 61 / Cambridge, The King’s Hall 65 / Cambridge, Queens’ College and other fifteenth century University foundations 68 / Carrow Priory 73 / Castle Acre, Prior’s Lodging 74 / Chesterton Tower 77 / Clare, Prior’s Lodging 78 / Claxton Castle 79 / Denny Abbey 80 / Downham Palace 83 / East Raynham Old Hall and other displaced Norfolk houses 84 / Elsing Hall 86 / Ely, Bishop’s Palace 89 / Ely, Prior’s House and Guest Halls 90 / Ely, Priory Gate 96 / Faulkbourne Hall 96 / Framsden Hall 100 / Giffords Hall 102 / Gifford’s Hall and Otley Hall 106 / Gipping Hall 108 / Gresham Castle and the Paston family 108 / Hadleigh Deanery 111 / Hedingham Castle 113 / Horham Hall 114 / Huntingfield Hall and Columbyne Hall 116 / Little Chesterford Manor 118 / Little Wenham Hall 119 / Mannington Hall 122 / Mettingham Castle 124 / © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information CONTENTS Acknowledgements page xii List of abbreviations xiv Introduction 1 PART I EAST ANGLIA 1 East Anglia: historical background 9 Norfolk 9 / Suffolk 12 / Essex 14 / The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 15 / Cambridgeshire 16 / Late medieval art in East Anglia 16 2 East Anglia: architectural introduction 19 Castles 19 / Fortified houses 20 / Stone houses 21 / Timber- framed houses 22 / Brick houses 25 / Monastic foundations 29 / Collegiate foundations 30 / Moated sites 31 3 Monastic residential survivals 35 4 East Anglia: bibliography 45 5 East Anglia: survey 48 Abington Pigotts, Downhall Manor 48 / Baconsthorpe Castle 49 / Burwell Lodging Range 50 / Bury St Edmunds, Abbot’s House 51 / Butley Priory and Suffolk monastic gatehouses 53 / Caister Castle 56 / Cambridge, Corpus Christi College and the early development of the University 61 / Cambridge, The King’s Hall 65 / Cambridge, Queens’ College and other fifteenth century University foundations 68 / Carrow Priory 73 / Castle Acre, Prior’s Lodging 74 / Chesterton Tower 77 / Clare, Prior’s Lodging 78 / Claxton Castle 79 / Denny Abbey 80 / Downham Palace 83 / East Raynham Old Hall and other displaced Norfolk houses 84 / Elsing Hall 86 / Ely, Bishop’s Palace 89 / Ely, Prior’s House and Guest Halls 90 / Ely, Priory Gate 96 / Faulkbourne Hall 96 / Framsden Hall 100 / Giffords Hall 102 / Gifford’s Hall and Otley Hall 106 / Gipping Hall 108 / Gresham Castle and the Paston family 108 / Hadleigh Deanery 111 / Hedingham Castle 113 / Horham Hall 114 / Huntingfield Hall and Columbyne Hall 116 / Little Chesterford Manor 118 / Little Wenham Hall 119 / Mannington Hall 122 / Mettingham Castle 124 / © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58131-8 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500: Volume II: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales Anthony Emery Frontmatter More information contents contents Middleton Tower 126 / Nether Hall 128 / North Elmham, Lyddington