Anthony Emery, FSA, was a founder commissioner of English Heritage, 1984-90, and chairman of the Bath Archaeological Trust, 1994-2001. His business career was spent as chairman or senior director of several companies of Reed International plc, 1975-88. His previous publications include the monograph Dartington Hall (Oxford University Press, 1970) and the three-volume series, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500. Anthony Emery lives in the Cotswolds near Bath and is now researching a modest architectural study on centres of power in England and Europe during the Hundred Years' War.

Part I. The Thames Valley: 1. The Thames Valley: historical background; 2. The Thames Valley: architectural introduction; 3. Household expansion, chambers and lodgings; 4. The Thames Valley: bibliography; 5. The Thames Valley: survey; Appendix 1. The Thames Valley castles: residential additions; Appendix 2. The Thames Valley: residential licences to crenellate; Part II. London and South-East England: 6. London: an introduction; 7. London: bibliography; 8. London: survey; 9. South-East England: historical background; 10. South-East England: architectural introduction; 11. The impact of the Hundred Years' War on English domestic architecture; 12. South-East England: bibliography; 13. South-East England: survey; Appendix 3. London and South-East England castles: residential additions; Appendix 4. London and South-East England: residential licences to crenellate; Part III. South-West England: 14. South-West England: historical background; 15. South-West England: architectural introduction; 16. Secular art: 1300-1500; 17. South-West England: bibliography; 18. South-West England: survey; Appendix 5. South-West England castles: residential additions; Appendix 6. South-West England: residential licences to crenellate; Appendix 7. The architectural value of John Leland and the Buck brothers.