Dymond, David Percy The Churchwardens' Book of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire 1496-C. 1540 , Cambridge: Cambridge Records Society, 2004.

Illustrated Card Cover. Very Good. Lge 8vo 0904323188 Illustrated card cover. No inscription. 326 pages clean and tight. Scholars have known about the churchwardens' book of Bassingbourn since the eighteenth century, and have frequently quoted from it. Here, for the first time, the entire text is made available in print, with related wills and a tax-return. These financial accounts span over forty years, and come (in contrast to most other published examples) from a predominantly agricultural community. They illustrate nearly all aspects of parochial life now being debated by historians, but of particular interest are the inventory of church goods (1498 and later), the open-air play of St George (1511), and the campaign to provide the church with an image of St George (1511-23). For all students of the late-medieval parish and of contemporary drama, these detailed accounts are essential reading. David Dymond has for forty years lectured in local and regional history for the Institute of Continuing Education of the University of Cambridge. He was formerly editor of The Local Historian and chairman of the British Association for Local History, and is now general editor of the Suffolk Records Society. Among his publications are Archaeology and History (1974), The Norfolk Landscape (1985), The Register of Thetford Priory (1995-6) and Researching and Writing History (1999). The Cambridgeshire Records Society was founded in1972 as the Cambridge Antiquarian Records Society to publish documentary and other sources relating to the history of Cambridgeshire and neighbouring areas. (Book ref. 128487)  £25.00

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