Love and dishonour in Elizabethan England : two families and a failed marriage / by Houlbrooke, Ralph A. 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The Forths: From Clothiers to Landed Gentry --…”
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The English constitution / by Boutmy, Émile Gaston, 1835-1906

Table of Contents: “…The concentration of estates : disappearance of the yeomen -- The civil, fiscal and economic privileges of the landed gentry -- The political and social privileges of the landed gentry : the rule of oligarchy -- The oligarchy and the parliamentary system -- The manufacturing period : the two nations -- Manufactures and the manor -- The reform of 1832 : conclusion.…”
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Love and dishonour in Elizabethan England : two families and a failed marriage / by Houlbrooke, Ralph A. 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: Two families -- The Merninghams: land, court, and Catholicism -- 'A very lose dealer': the downfall of John Jerningham of Somerleyton -- The Forths: from clothiers to landed gentry -- Part II: An unfortunate marriage -- A clandestine marriage -- The end of the marriage -- Two cases in the Court of Requests -- Part III: Afterwards -- Aftermath -- Conclusions, reflections, and speculations -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The fall and rise of the English upper class : houses, kinship and capital since 1945 / by Smith R., Daniel

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The branded gentry : how a new era of entrepreneurs made their names / by Vallance, Charles

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The secret history of my family.

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Masculinity and danger on the eighteenth-century Grand Tour / by Goldsmith, Sarah

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