Abstract
In early April 1360, Henry Peverell, royal keeper of the town of Southampton, received a writ from Westminster instructing him to look into the state of the town’s defenses.1 War with France had broken out once again, and Norman ships had been spotted recently near Winchelsea. Southampton had suffered devastating destruction earlier in the Hundred Years War and suddenly seemed vulnerable once again: On a recent visit to the town, Thomas of Woodstock, the king’s son and guardian of the realm, had come away with serious misgivings about the town’s ability to withstand an assault. Combatants on both sides of the English Channel knew that without Southampton’s extensive shipping and port facilities, England’s military fortunes would be seriously impaired.KeywordsThirteenth CenturyFourteenth CenturyTwelfth CenturyTrial JuryRent PaymentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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