THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES: THE STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL OF GOVERNMENT.

VOL I: SOUTH WALES 1277-1536

Ralph A. Griffiths

pp 634 1972 hardback

ISBN 0-7083-0450-8

A discussion of the administrative framework of Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, together with a detailed calendar of all the officers of English Kings and princes in South Wales between Edward I's conquest and Henry VIII's `Act of Union'.

`It is difficult to overestimate the value of work of this kind...Lists of this kind are the indispensable tools of the working historian . . . Dr Griffiths has put a great many historians in his debt.' (Welsh History Review).

`Scholarly apparatus, including index, is excellent. Binding, format, and typography are of high quality. All in all, this is an impressive piece of work . . . ' (Speculum)

` . . . a massive and valuable piece of research . . . ' (History)

` . . . a most satisfying and worthy volume . . . ' (Scottish Historical Review)