num_pages: 2
description: Tells the story of how the market town of Chelmsford, delibrately planted by a Norman bishop, as a speculative investment, grew within 50 years to become the county town of Essex, meeting place for royal justices and officals. Hilda Grieve's skillful woven narrative follows the impact on the town of the Hundred Years War, the Black Death and the Great Revolt of 1381, when for a short time Chelmsford found itself at the centre of the punitive aftermath. After the reformation had wrested the town from the control of the Bishop of London, its story is continued up to the days of Sir Thomas Mildmay, the towns's manorial lord and 'most worthy govenor'. Through these pages the reader will learn how the town took shape and grew.
language: English
title: The Sleepers and the Shadows: Chelmsford, a Town--Its People and Its Past (Lapwing Poetry Pamphlet)
titlecomplete: The Sleepers and the Shadows: Chelmsford, a Town--Its People and Its Past (Lapwing Poetry Pamphlet) (v. 2)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Chelmsford : Essex County Council, 1994