Regulation of the distribution of liveries and the practice of retaining, which underpinned the so-called system of Bastard Feudalism in late medieval England, are the subject of this book.
The author examines the political events and legal processes surroundi.
Rather than relying primarily on the records of noble estates, as much previous scholarship has done, it draws on the records of the court of King\'s Bench, covering all 336 known cases of illegal Livery and retaining over 130 years.
Regulation of the distribution of liveries and the practice of retaining, which underpinned the so-called system of Bastard Feudalism in late medieval England, are the subject of this book