ENCHPOPGOS Conference 2017. Keith Sugden. Quarter session recognizances 1550-1820
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| Description: | This talk was given by Dr Keith Sugden (Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure) at the inaugural meeting of the European Network for the COmparative History of Population Geography and Occupational Structure (ENCHPOPGOS) held at Robinson College, Cambridge in September 2017. |
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| Created: | 2018-01-09 12:52 | ||
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| Collection: | Economic and Social History | ||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||
| Copyright: | Keith Sugden, L.M.W. Shaw Taylor | ||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||
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| Keywords: | Occupational Structure; Quarter Serssions; Economic History; England and Wales 1550-1800; | ||
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| Explicit content: | No | ||
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 | ||
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| Abstract: | We have begun work to better understand and evaluate the records of the Court of Common Pleas as a source of adult male occupational information. The wider project covers the years 1377-1554. This paper, confined to a preliminary analysis of 1483-1524, briefly outlines the sources and availability of the records, the function of the Court, its jurisdiction, and how common pleas have been used by other academics. The occupation of the plaintiff was often not recorded but it was usual practice to do so, and to also record the place of residence, of all defendants. A key finding is that the majority of defendants were accused of either debt or trespass but because both charges show occupational bias, it is necessary to distinguish between them. Work to correlate occupations recorded by common pleas with those from other sources, for example Quarter Sessions records, is ongoing. Another key finding is that the pleas show the location of the English textile manufacture circa 1500 and the early emergence of three dominant regions, Yorkshire, the West Country, and East Anglia.
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