IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 1733: 14th Century, III: Lordship and Consumption

Thursday 9 July 2026, 14:15-15:45

Sponsor:	14th Century Society
Organiser:	Laura Tompkins, Historic Royal Palaces
Moderator/Chair:	Bronach Kane, School of History, Archaeology & Religion / Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Paper 1733-a	The Tempor(ary)ality of Ancient Custom: A Suffolk Sheep-Folding Example (Language: English) Sam Riding, Faculty of History / Wolfson College, University of Oxford Index terms: Law, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 1733-b	Oxford Fellows as Lords of the Manor: How Debt Disputes in Manor Court Rolls Shine a Light on the Idea of Economic Risk in the Long 14th Century (Language: English) Tabitha Claydon, Department for Continuing Education / St Catherine's College, University of Oxford Index terms: Economics - General, Economics - Rural, Law, Local History
Paper 1733-c	Tableware, Pewter, and Consumption in 14th-Century England (Language: English) Chris Woolgar, Department of History, University of Southampton Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Mentalities, Social History
Abstract	The papers in this session consider various aspects of lordship. The first two speakers utilise manorial court records to discuss, in the first paper, the development of new customs negotiated between tenants and court officials in a Suffolk village, and in the second, whether intellectual currents influenced the behaviour of Oxford colleges as administrators and landowners. The third paper turns to the subjects of consumption and materiality, with specific focus on pewter dinnerware.