Table of Contents

PREFACE V ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED WORKS ix LIST OF PLATES xxxi INTRODUCTION xxxviii CHAPTER 1: Anglo-Norman Glamorgan 1 CHAPTER 2: Glamorgan's Early Secretarial Administrations 36 CHAPTER 3: The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey 81 CHAPTER 4: A Marcher Barony's 'Chancery'? 130 APPENDIX I: The Hands of Glamorgan's Early Scribes 155 APPENDIX II: Margam Abbey's Early Endorsement and Enrolment Clerks 208 APPENDIX III: Original Acta and Rolls Relating to Glamorgan 1130 to c. 1225 218 INDEX

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