- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 319 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Uniform Title
- Love, hate and the law in Tudor England (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Love, hate and the law in Tudor England (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-391) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 'Set all things in a perfect order' -- Case studies -- Duchy, palatinate, and courts in Lancashire -- 'His own father was the cause of his trouble' -- Rishton family histories -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : church kirk, 1536 -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : Blackburn and Church Kirk, 1542-3 -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : Duckworth Moor and Church Kirk, 1555 -- More conflicts -- Resolutions -- 'God have mercy of thy soul, wife of Ralph Rishton' -- Ellen Towneley -- Elizabeth Parker -- Lancashire child marriage -- 'In fancy and love with Ann Stanley' -- John Rishton -- Ann Stanley -- Law's stories : plaintiffs and defendants -- Law's stories : deponents -- Law's stories : reading depositions -- 'I will keep him in suit' -- Litigation : marriage -- Estate settlements -- Litigation : property -- Equity, conscience, law -- 'It would be a pity not to complete the history' -- Later Rishtons and religion -- The afterlife of the Rishton stories : antiquaries -- The afterlife of the Rishton stories : newspapers -- Retrospection.
- LCCN
- 2022930165
- OCLC
- ssj0002811912
- Author
Poos, Lawrence R. (Lawrence Raymond)
- Title
Love, hate and the law in Tudor England [electronic resource] : the three wives of Ralph Rishton / L. R. Poos.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-391) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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