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From: John Carmi Parsons< >
Subject: Re: Wards, Royal and otherwise
Date: 1 Dec 1998 13:18:40 -0800

Also by all means consult Scott L. Waugh, _The Lordship of England: Royal
Wardships and Marriages in English Society and Politics_ (Princeton
University Press, 1988).

John Parsons

On 1 Dec 1998, Andrew Hope wrote:

>
>
> Sharp, Ann <> wrote in article
> <>...
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a reference work about wards, royal and
> > otherwise, from, say, 1000 - 1600 when the traffic in them seems to have
> > diminished dramatically?
> >
>
> Try 'The Queen's Wards: Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I.' by Joel
> Hurstfield (1958).
>
> It was the defeat of the Crown in the Civil War which finally did for the
> practice. It was not restored with the Restoration.
>
> Andrew
>
>

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