Charles Plummer

This article is about the English historian. For the long-time sheriff of Alameda County, California, see Charles Plummer (sheriff). For the American military aviator, see Charles W. Plummer.

Charles Plummer, FBA (1851–1927) was an English historian and cleric, best known as the editor of Sir John Fortescue's The Governance of England, and for coining the term "bastard feudalism". He was the fifth son of Matthew Plummer of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1869, graduating B.A. and S.C.L. in 1873 and becoming a Fellow.[1]

  1. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Plummer, Rev. Charles" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.