R. L. Storey

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Robin Lyndsey Storey (1927 – 4 July 2005), usually cited as R. L. Storey, was an

late medieval
English political and church history.

Early years

Robin Storey was born in 1927

University of Durham to carry out doctoral research[2] into the career of Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham as both 'statesman and bishop,' which was submitted in January 1954.[3] At Durham he was a member of St Cuthbert's Society.[4]

Career

In 1953 Storey joined the

retiring as Professor of English Medieval History. Notably, he was concurrently both Dean of his department and chair of his AUT branch.[2]

Support for local historical societies

Storey was both

Thoroton Society,[8] and the Lincoln Record Society.[1] Having joined the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society the year he moved to London, writing for them frequently, particularly on the ecclesiastical institutions and law and order issues of the fifteenth century North West England.,[9] as well as for other societies further afield.[10]

Publications

Books

  • The Register of Thomas Langley bishop of Durham 1406–1437 4 vols, (Durham, 1956–61)
  • The End of the House of Lancaster (Manchester, 1966)
  • The Reign of Henry VII (Blandford, 1968)
  • The Register of Gilbert Welton, Bishop of Carlisle 1353–1362 (Woodbridge, 1999)
  • The Register of Thomas Appleby, Bishop of Carlisle: 1363–1395 (Woodbridge, 2006)

Articles

  • "Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle, 1430–1450', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, NS 55 (1955), 112–31
  • "The Wardens of the Marches of England towards Scotland, 1377–1489", English Historical Review, 72 (1957), 593–615
  • "Episcopal King Makers in the Fifteenth Century", in Dobson, R. (ed.), The Church, Politics and Patronage in the Fifteenth Century, pp. 82–98
  • "The universities during the Wars of the Roses", in Williams, D. (ed.), England in the Fifteenth Century (Woodbridge, 1987), pp. 315–327
  • "The First Convocation, 1257?", in P. R. Coss and S. Lloyd (eds), Thirteenth Century England III (Woodbridge, 1991)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Papers of Robin Storey - Borthwick Catalogue". Borthcat.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Jones, M. & McHardy, A., 'In Memoriam', Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeology Society, 3rd ser. 6 (2006), 287
  3. ^ Storey, R.L.,'Thomas Langley, Statesman and Bishop, 1360-1437' (Ph.D thesis, University of Durham, 1954)
  4. ^ "Higher Degrees". Durham University Gazette. 1 (New Series) (1): 5. 10 May 1954. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ^ Storey, R.L., The End of the House of Lancaster (Manchester, 1966), v
  6. ^ Morgan, D.A.L., 'Review:The End of the House of Lancaster', History, 179 (1968), 409–410.
  7. ^ Storey, R.L., The End of the House of Lancaster (Manchester, 1966), 27
  8. ^ "The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire > Centenary Commemorative Booklet". Thorotonsociety.org.uk. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  9. ^ Jones, M. & McHardy, A., 'In Memoriam', Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeology Society, 3rd ser. 6 (2006), 288
  10. ^ Storey, R. L., 'Bastard Feudalism Revisited', Bulletin of the Manorial Society of Great Britain, 3 (1983), 7–15.