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- Title
The strict settlement: its role in family history.
- Authors
Spring, Eileen
- Abstract
Presents the author's views on the role of strict settlement in family history during 17th century England. Comments on the criticism of the author's work by L. Bonfield; Claim that the strict settlement was not thoroughgoing primogeniture; Discussion on previous practice of thoroughgoing primogeniture; Information that under the strict settlement children were provided for before they were born; Analysis of the book "Marriage settlement," by L. Bonefield.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; LAND settlement; INHERITANCE &; succession; BONFIELD, L.; PRIMOGENITURE; MARRIAGE settlements
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1988, Vol 41, Issue 3, p454
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2597370