Acknowledgments

This volume owes much to the help given by numerous people, in particular by my colleagues at the Institute of Historical Research, the staffs of the Cambridge University Library Manuscripts Department, the Norfolk Record Office, Westminster Abbey Muniments, the Hereford and Worcester Record Office and the Worcester Cathedral Library. Other record offices throughout the country, which I have visited or to whom I have written in the quest for information about the death or burial of cathedral clergy, have provided unfailing assistance. I should like particularly to thank Mr. Ronald Stratton of Worcester Cathedral Library and Dr. Joan Greatrex for sharing their specialist knowledge and giving generous help.

J.M.H.