Transforming English Rural Society
The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820
Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time; 40;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 24 September 2007
- ISBN 9780521041980
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 229x154x19 mm
- Weight 469 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 maps 13 tables 0
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Short description:
An exploration of the rise and fall of the dynastic Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire.
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Between 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the family's rise to wealth impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of 'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social and economic history.
'... achieves this work provides a valuable addition to the broader social and economic history of rural England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ... It deserves a wide readership.' Agricultural History Review
Table of Contents:
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on editorial practice; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Re-establishing a Gentry Family 1600-57: 2. A gentry family in county and court society 1603-42; 3. The Civil War and Interregnum 1642-57; 4. The creation of an enclosed estate 1600-57; Part II. The Shaping of Family and Village 1657-1740: 5. Land, business and dynastic advance 1657-1736; 6. The making of a modern landed estate; 7. Power in the community - the making of an estate village 1660-1740; Part III. The Great Estate and Estate Communities c.1700-1820: 8. The rise and fall of Verney fortunes in the eighteenth century 1740-1820; 9. Transforming the Claydons in the eighteenth century; 10. Conclusion; Appendix A: Sir Ralph Verney's confessional letter of 1650; Appendix B: the genealogy of the Verney family; Bibliography; Index.
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