Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 354
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Payne , Paddy and Caroline Barron
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  • Title: The Letters and Life of Elizabeth Despenser, Lady Zouche (d. 1408) [her letters and will provide a glimpse of her personal concerns regarding family, household and servants, business affairs, and religion; appendices include an English translation of her will, a calendar of documents by or about Lady Elizabeth, and texts of her letters, 1402-1403].
  • Source: Nottingham Medieval Studies 4, ( 1997): Pages 126 - 156.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Biography Despenser, Elizabeth, Wife of Sir John Arundel and William Lord Zouche Economics Family Households Letters Noble Women Widows Wills Wives
  • Award Note:
  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14- 15
  • Primary Evidence: Will; London, Lambeth Palace Library, Arundel MS. i, F. 253b.Letter;London, Public Record Office, E101/512/10.
  • Illustrations:
  • Table: Three tables. Family trees of the Despensers, Arundels, and Zouches.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00782122