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Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth deposited Locality, Family, and Strategy in Lancashire: The Cudworths of Spotland, Rochdale, 1679–1802 in the group
Genealogical Research on Humanities Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Some of the complexities of inheritance practices are studied through the example of one non-gentry (yeomanry) family in eastern Lancashire: this study – using wills, parish registers, and other archives – (re-)constructs the Cudworths’ genealogy, and examines their familial ties, socio-economic roles, and disposition of property within local and broader contexts.