Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of the History of London at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research relates particularly to the late-medieval history of the City of London, the reign of Richard II, and the history of women. Martha Carlin is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she specializes in urban social life, including correspondence, food, and shopping. Joel T. Rosenthal is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Stony Brook University, New York. He is a specialist in medieval prosopography and English social and family history.