Cely Letters

The Cely Letters are a collection of family correspondence written in the 15th century, which describe the lives and business activities of a family of London wool merchants. ^[1] Key members were Richard Cely and his wife Agnes and their sons Robert, Richard, and George. ^[2] This collection is one of the few surviving letter collections from the 15th century, along with the Paston Letters and the Stonor Letters. ^[3] While the Paston Letters cover a period spanning over 3/4 of a century, the Cely Letters cover a much shorter period of time between 1472 and 1488. The Cely letters were preserved only because they were used as evidence in a lawsuit. ^[4] The Cely Letters are primary sources of information about the English economy and English society at the end of the Wars of the Roses. ^[1]

See also

• Plumpton Correspondence

Notes

1. Wagner, J. A. (2001). Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN   1-57607-575-3. OCLC   50174695.
2. Hanham, Alison (5 December 1985). The Celys and their World. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511522420. ISBN   978-0-521-30447-4.
3. Weir, Alison (1994). The princes in the tower (1st American ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN   0-345-38372-9. OCLC   29616908.
4. Hard-science linguistics. Victor H. Yngve, Zdzisław Wąsik. London: Continuum. 2006. ISBN   978-0-8264-9239-5. OCLC   70128127.

Bibliography

• Hanham, Alison. "A fifteenth-century merchant family." History Today (Dec 1963) 13#12 pp 821–829
• Wagner, John A. (2001). Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-1-85109-358-8.
• Alison, Weir (2004). Princes in the Tower, the. New York: Fawcett. ISBN   978-0-345-39178-0.
• Yngve, Victor; Wasik, Zdzislaw (2006). Hard-Science Linguistics. A&C Black. ISBN   978-0-8264-9239-5.