I would like to acknowledge the help of my supervisor, Prof.Chris Dyer, who has provided me with substantial assistance throughout my course of study, and I am very grateful to him for all he has done.

I am also grateful to Dr. Robert Swanson, who helped me with some of the more daunting palaeographic problems which I encountered. I also wish to thank, the staff of Birmingham University Library, the Public Record Office, the British Library, as well as Miss Rachel MacGregor of the archive department of Birmingham's Central library for their helpful assistance.

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