Watford Manors: The Lords and Lands of a Unique Medieval Manor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781918422818)

While his first book, The Watford Knight's Fee, will satisfy serious students and enthusiasts of medieval English history, this second version, Watford Manors, opens the door to everyone. A time machine takes the reader along a fascinating and sometimes wobbly journey, unravelling the mysteries of Watford's manors and lords, with the same family for 500 years ... unique, even for English history. Domestic rebellions and foreign wars, the king's rule, murder, traitors and execution, crippling debt, arranged marriages of young heirs and heiresses, avoidance of taxes, medieval decrees of inheritance, the black death and famine. All that and more can be found in this fascinating book based on the meticulous research of exceptional author, Murray Johnston.