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'Another delightful and absorbing mystery from Mel Starr, keeping the reader guessing as the corpses pile up in Prince Edward's palace. Hugh de Singleton, of the dry wit and engaging humility, is one of my favourite sleuths.' Penelope Wilcock, British author and bloggerMaster Hugh won the Black Prince's favour when he helped to ease the Prince's illness.Now, in the autumn of 1372, the prince is suffering a relapse and sends to Bampton for Master Hugh to attend him. While at dinner in Kennington Palace, Sir Giles, the knight who escorted Hugh to London, is stricken and dies. Poison!Sir Giles is not popular, and there are many who would gladly see the fellow done away with... except for Prince Edward. The Black Prince feels a debt to the slain man because of his heroic behaviour at the Battle of Crecy, where the knight stood firm with the prince when the fight seemed of uncertain outcome.Despite caring little for Sir Giles, Master Hugh must once again place himself in jeopardy and seek to uncover the perpetrator of the crime...

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Publié par	Lion Hudson
Date de parution	24 août 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781782642633
Langue	English

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The chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, surgeon
The Unquiet Bones
A Corpse at St Andrew s Chapel
A Trail of Ink
Unhallowed Ground
The Tainted Coin
Rest Not in Peace
The Abbot s Agreement
Ashes to Ashes
Lucifer s Harvest
Deeds of Darkness
Prince Edward s Warrant

Text copyright 2018 Mel Starr
This edition copyright 2018 Lion Hudson IP Limited
The right of Mel Starr to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
All the characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Lion Hudson Limited
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Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, England
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ISBN 978 1 78264 262 6
e-ISBN 978 1 78264 263 3
First edition 2018
Acknowledgments
Cover images Sandra Schramm/Shutterstock, Tim Graham/Alamy
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
For John Kwilinski
Welcome to the family
Contents

Acknowledgments
Glossary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Afterword
Acknowledgments

S everal years ago when Dr. Dan Runyon, Professor of English at Spring Arbor University, learned that I had written an as yet unpublished medieval mystery, he invited me to speak to his fiction-writing class about the trials of a rookie writer seeking a publisher. He sent chapters of Master Hugh s first chronicle, The Unquiet Bones , to his friend Tony Collins at Lion Hudson. Thanks, Dan.
Tony has since retired, but many thanks to him and all those at Lion Hudson who saw Master Hugh s potential. Thanks also to my editors, Jan Greenough for the first nine books, and Penelope Wilcock for the most recent, who know Master Hugh as well as I and excel at asking such questions as Do you really want to say it that way? and Wouldn t Master Hugh do it like this?
Dr. John Blair, of Queen s College, Oxford, has written several papers about Bampton history. These have been valuable in creating an accurate time and place for Master Hugh.
In the summer of 1990 Susan and I found a B B in a delightful medieval village north of Lichfield named Mavesyn Ridware. Proprietors Tony and Lis Page became friends, and when they moved to Bampton some years later invited us to visit them there. Tony and Lis introduced me to Bampton and became a great source of information about the village. Tony died in March 2015, only a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. He is greatly missed.
Ms. Malgorzata Deron, of Poznan, Poland, offered to update and maintain my website. She has done a marvelous job, while working as a university professor of linguistics and also battling illness. To see her work visit www.melstarr.net.
Glossary

Alaunt: a large hunting dog.
All Saints Day: November 1.
Almoner: responsible for a lord s charity, or a monastic official responsible for gifts to the poor.
Aloes of beef (or lamb): meat sliced thin and rolled in a mixture of egg yolk, suet, onion, and various spices, then baked.
Angelus Bell: rung three times each day - dawn, noon, and dusk. Announced the time for the Angelus Devotional.
Babewyns: figures of fun, often of grotesque monkeys, which was likely the case at Kennington Palace.
Bailiff: a lord s chief manorial representative. He oversaw all operations, collected rents and fines, and enforced labor service. Not a popular fellow.
Banns: a formal announcement, made in the parish church for three consecutive Sundays, of intent to marry.
Baxter: a professional baker, often female, who regularly sold on the street.
Book of Hours: a devotional book, usually elaborately illustrated.
Bowls: medieval bowling.
Braes: medieval underpants.
Burgher: a town merchant.
Burgundy: the eastern section of what is now France - also the wine produced there.
Butler: manorial official in charge of the buttery.
Butt: a barrel for the storage of wine and ale.
Buttery: a room for beverages stored in butts.
Candlemas: February 2. Marked the purification of Mary. Women traditionally paraded to church carrying lighted candles. Tillage of fields resumed this day.
Capon: a castrated male chicken.
Chamberlain: the keeper of a lord s chamber, wardrobe, and personal items.
Chicken in kyrtyn: poultry in a cream sauce spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cumin, saffron, and sugar.
Complexio: the combination of the four humors (hot, cold, moist, dry) which made up a person s life and health.
Cormarye: pork roasted after marinating in red wine and spices.
Coronel-tipped: a blunt lance for use in jousting. The lance had generally three or four small projections at the point.
Cotter: a poor villager, usually holding five acres or less. He often had to labor for wealthier villagers to make ends meet.
Cr cy: In 1346 an English army, greatly outnumbered, won a victory there in northern France.
Crispels: a pastry made of flour, sugar, and honey, and fried in lard or oil.
Cyueles: deep-fried fritters made of a paste of breadcrumbs, ground almonds, eggs, sugar, and salt.
Demesne: land directly exploited by a lord, and worked by his villeins, as opposed to land a lord might rent to tenants.
Dexter: a war horse, larger than a runcie or palfrey. Also the right hand direction.
Dighted crab: crab meat soaked in wine, then chopped fine to make a paste. Mixed with ginger, cinnamon, and sugar, the mixture was then replaced in the shell and boiled.
Eels in Bruit: eels cut into small pieces, then cooked in white wine with onions, parsley, sage, breadcrumbs, pepper, and cinnamon.
Farrier: a smith who specialized in shoeing horses.
Farthing: one-fourth of a penny. The smallest silver coin.
Fast day: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Not the fasting of modern usage, when no food is consumed, but days upon which no meat, eggs, or animal products were consumed. Fish was on the menu for those who could afford it.
Fewterer: keeper of a lord s kennel and hounds.
Fifth hour: about eleven a.m.
Fraunt hemelle: a pudding made of beaten eggs, cream, breadcrumbs (old, dry bread was rarely just thrown out), minced meat, and spices. The mixture was placed in a bag and boiled, then grilled just before serving.
Gaunceli: a sauce made of milk, flour, garlic, saffron, and salt. Simmered until thickened.
Gentleman: a nobleman. The term had nothing to do with character or behavior.
Gongfermors: men whose occupation was the emptying of cesspits.
Groat: a silver coin worth four pence.
Groom: a lower-ranking servant to a lord. Often young, outranking a page but beneath a valet.
Hamsoken: breaking and entering.
Hemlock: also known as poison parsley. Not to be confused with the coniferous hemlock tree.
Hypocras: spiced wine. Sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg were often in the mix. Usually served at the end of the meal.
Infangenthef: the right of a lord of a manor to try and execute a thief caught in the act.
Jelly de chare: a meat jelly. Calves or pigs feet were boiled for three hours, then the surface skimmed. Wine, spices, salt, almonds, and pork or poultry were then added. The mixture was simmered until the meat was tender. Generally served cold.
King s Eyre: a royal traveling court, presided over by a visiting circuit judge.
Knight s fee: the number of men at arms a knight was to provide in time of war. Also the one hundred shillings a knight owed the king to possess a deceased father s lands.
Knucklebones: a game similar to jacks played with the knucklebones of pigs or sheep.
Lady: a noblewoman. The term had nothing to do with character or behavior.
Lammastide: August 1, when thanks were given for a successful wheat harvest. From Old English Loaf mass.
Larder: a room or structure where meat and fish were stored.
Let lardes: a type of custard made with eggs, milk, bacon fat, and parsley.
Liripipe: a fashionably long tail attached to a man s cap.
Long worts of pork: a meat stew made with breadcrumbs, cabbage or spring greens, and seasoned with saffron and salt.
Lychgate: a roofed gate in a churchyard wall under which the deceased rested during the initial part of a burial service.
Lymer: a tracking hound.
Maintenance: protection from punishment for misdeeds - provided for knights who served powerful lords and wore their livery.
Malmsey: the sweetest variety of Madeira wine, originally from Greece.
Marshalsea: the stables and associated accoutrements.
Maslin: bread made from a mixture of grains - commonly wheat and rye, or barley and rye.
Matins: the first of the day s eight canonical hours (services). Also called Lauds.
Mercer: a dealer in silk and linen.
Mess: diners were not served individually at a meal. Portions for two to four were placed upon the table - this was a mess.
Nine Man Morris: a board game similar to tic-tac-toe but much more complicated.
Page: a young male servant. If from the upper classes, a youth learning the arts of chivalry before becoming a squire.
Palfrey: a riding horse with a comfortable gait.
Pannage: a fee paid to a lord for permission for pigs to forage in his forest.
Pantler: a manor official, usually a valet, in charge of the pantry.
Pantry: a room for the storage of bread, dining utensils, and linens for tablecloths. From the French word for bread: pain .
Particolored: of several colors. Men often wore chauces (tight-fitting trousers) of more than one color.
Penny: the most common silver coin. Twelve pennies equaled a shi