The Welsh gentry, 1536-1640 : images of status, honour and authority / by Jones, J. Gwynfor, 1936-

Subjects: “…Gentry Wales History 16th century.…”
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The wealth of the gentry, 1540-1660; East Anglian studies. by Simpson, Alan, 1912-1998

Subjects: “…Gentry Great Britain History 16th century.…”

'No historie so meete' : Gentry culture and the development of local history in Elizabethan and early Stuart England / by Broadway, Jan

Subjects: “…Gentry England History 16th century.…”
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'No historie so meete' : gentry culture and the development of local history in Elizabethan and early Stuart England / by Broadway, Jan

Table of Contents: “…'No historie so meete': Gentry culture and the development of local history in Elizabethan and early Stuart England; Editors Page; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and key to selected references; Introduction; Chapter 1: The development of local history in England before 1660; Chapter 2: The national context of local history; Chapter 3: The development of regional networks; Chapter 4: Sources for local history; Chapter 5: Genealogical history; Chapter 6: Didactic history; Chapter 7: Local history and the physical world…”
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Humphrey Newton (1466-1536) : an early Tudor gentleman / by Youngs, Deborah

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Humphrey Newton (1466-1536) : an early Tudor gentleman / by Youngs, Deborah

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Sixteenth-century readers, fifteenth-century books : continuities of reading in the English reformation / by Connolly, Margaret, 1965-

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Sixteenth-century readers, fifteenth-century books : continuities of reading in the English reformation / by Connolly, Margaret, 1965-

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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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Shakespeare and the nobility : the negotiation of lineage / by Canino, Catherine Grace

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the nobility and genealogy -- The Staffords (Dukes of Buckingham) -- The Dukes of Suffolk -- The Nevilles (Earls of Warwick) -- The Talbots (Earls of Shrewsbury) -- The Cliffords (Earls of Cumberland) -- The Stanleys (Earls of Derby) -- The gentry (William Lucy, Lord Saye) -- Conclusion -- Appendices: genealogical charts.…”
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Shakespeare and the nobility : the negotiation of lineage / by Canino, Catherine Grace

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the nobility and genealogy -- The Staffords (Dukes of Buckingham) -- The Dukes of Suffolk -- The Nevilles (Earls of Warwick) -- The Talbots (Earls of Shrewsbury) -- The Cliffords (Earls of Cumberland) -- The Stanleys (Earls of Derby) -- The gentry (William Lucy, Lord Saye) -- Conclusion -- Appendices: genealogical charts.…”
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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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Commonwealth and the English Reformation : Protestantism and the politics of religious change in the Gloucester Vale, 1483-1560 / by Lowe, Ben, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Government, business and urban politics in late medieval Gloucester -- Gloucester's ecclesiastical community and education during the Middle Ages -- Gloucestershire's leading gentlemen before the Reformation -- The Gloucester Vale on the eve of the Reformation (1520-1540) -- Gloucester during the great transfer (1536-1551) -- The Gloucestershire gentry during the great transfer (1540-1551) -- Commonwealth and reform: Bishop Hooper in Gloucester (1551-1555) -- A troubled city (1555 and beyond).…”
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Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800 / by Villella, Peter B.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on language; 1 Introduction; 2 The natural lords: asserting continuity, 1531-66; 3 Cacique informants and early Spanish texts, 1535-80; 4 Cacique-chroniclers and the origins of creole historiography, 1580-1640; 5 Cacique-hidalgos: envisioning ancient roots in the mature colony; 6 Cacique-patrons: Mexicanizing the church; 7 Cacique-letrados: an Indian gentry after 1697; 8 Cacique-ambassadors and the "Indian nation" in Bourbon Mexico; 9 Conclusion; Works cited; Index.…”
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Law, politics and society in early modern England / by Brooks, C. W.

Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I : the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560-c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II : multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject : law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629-1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”

Law, politics and society in early modern England / by Brooks, C. W.

Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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Law, politics and society in early modern England / by Brooks, C. W.

Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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Gender, sex, and subordination in England, 1500-1800 / by Fletcher, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Prescription and Honour Codes. 7. The Gentry and Honour. 8. Husbands and Wives: Case Studies. 9. …”
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The circulation of poetry in manuscript in early modern England / by Marotti, Arthur F., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Manuscript Circulation of Poetry in Early Modern England -- Courtly and Satellite Courtly Culture: Folger MS V.a.89 -- The Inns of Court and London: Chaloner Chute's Poetical Anthology (British Library, Additional MS 33998) -- Neighborhood, Social Networks, and the Making of a Gentry Family's Manuscript Poetry Collection: British Library MS Additional 25707 -- Oxford University and Beyond: Folger MS V.a.345 and its Manuscript and Print Sources -- 'Rolling Archetypes' : Christ Church, Oxford Poetry Collections, and the Proliferation of Manuscript Verse Anthologies in Caroline England -- The Manuscript Circulation of Poetic Texts at the Inns of Court and in London -- Rare or Unique Poems in Early Modern English Manuscripts -- Rare or Unique Poems in British Library MS Sloane 1446 -- Fugitive Sonnets in Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Collections.…”

A Devon family memoir of 1593 / by Furse, Robert, approximately 1530-1593

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