Seeking Sanctuary
Crime, Mercy, and Politics in English Courts, 1400-1550
Shannon McSheffrey
Table of Contents
1:INTRODUCTION: RICHARD SOUTHWELL FLEES TO SANCTUARY
Seeking Sanctuary in Late Medieval and Tudor England
Explaining the Tudor Resurgence of Sanctuary
Sanctuary and the Partiality of the Archives
2:TAVERN BRAWLS, CIVIL WARS, AND REMEDIES FOR TYRANNY: THE EVOLUTION OF SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND, C. 1380-1500
Herman Stokfyssh and his Flight to Westminster: The Development of Chartered Sanctuary c. 1400
Sanctuary-Seeking 1400-1550: The Numbers
Sanctuary and the Wars of the Roses
Sanctuary, Mercy, and Redemption
Ecclesiastical Liberties as a Weapon Against Tyranny: St. Edmund and Sheriff Leoffstan
3:DEAN CAUDRAY AND THE CITY OF LONDON: THE POLITICS OF SANCTUARY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
The Escape of John Knight
St. Martin le Grand and the City of London: Liberties, Franchises, and Jurisdictions
Dean Caudray and the Events of September 1440
Marshalling Cases
The End of Dean Caudray's Days
4:THE HOSPITALLER'S CLOAK: MERCY, JUSTICE, JURISDICTION
Richard Pulham, Ralph Toker, and the Hospitaller's Cloak
The Hospitaller Order, English Criminal Justice, and Christian Mercy in Action
Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1400-1485
Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller Properties, 1485-1520
Sanctuary Claims at Hospitaller properties, 1520-1539
5:FRANCIS WOODLEKE'S WINDOW: STRANGER SHOEMAKERS, BOUNDARIES, AND SANCTUARY IN LONDON IN THE 1530S
Living in the Precinct of St. Martin Le Grand
Governing St. Martin's Precinct in the Reign of Henry VIII
Stranger Artisans, Sanctuary Men, and the City
The Boundaries of St. Martin's
The Dissolution of St. Martin le Grand and Beyond
6:THE SANCTUARY TOWN OF KNOWLE: CRIME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THE STATE IN 1530S ENGLAND
The Goat Inn Robber and Sanctuary at Knowle
Robbery, Flight, Sanctuary
Sanctuary at Knowle and the Administration of Law and Justice in the 1530s
The Knowle Sanctuary and Tudor State Formation
7:CHESHIRE FEUDS: ARISTOCRATIC VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF SANCTUARY IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII
Affrays in St. Paul's Churchyard
Breaching Sanctuary
Sanctuary and Aristocratic Violence in the Reign of Henry VIII
8:CONCLUSIONS: SANCTUARY, LAW, AND POLITICS
The Statute of 1540 and Sanctuary's Precipitous Decline
Sanctuary, Law, and Politics in England, 1400-1550