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Informationen zum Autor Tim Stretton holds law and history degrees from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. After spending three years as a research fellow at Clare Hall in Cambridge he taught at Durham University in England! at Waikato University in New Zealand and at Dalhousie University in Canada. He is currently Associate Professor of History at Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia. Klappentext Reproduces twenty litigation suits from the 16th/17th century Court of Requests! providing rich insight into the complexities of marriage rights. Zusammenfassung This volume reproduces twenty litigation suits from the Court of Requests during the final century of its operation. These extraordinary cases provide rich details about the complexity of separated couples' rights! the development of alimony (for both men and women) and the variety of human failings that could devastate marriages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cases and documents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Parnell Bowdo v. Peter Bowdo; 2. Margery Alcock v. Nicholas Alcocke; 3. Dame Margery Acton v. Sir Robert Acton; 4. Isabell Osmoderley v. William Osmoderley; 5. Dame Elizabeth Stafford v. Sir Humphrey Stafford; 6. Mary Puttenham v. Richard Puttenham; 7. Gawine Smith v. Elizabeth Smith et al.; 8. Griffin Jones v. Marion Jones; 9. Jane Read alias Lambert v. Thomas Read & John Jefferies; 10. Thomas Read v. Jane Lambert; 11. Joan Spragin v. Martyn Spragin & Richard Levens; 12. Anne Lloyd v. Humphrey Lloyd & John Bradshaw; 13. Cicelie Jackman! Thomas Burnett et al. v. John Jackman; 14. Robert Garth v. Sir Benjamin Tichborne & Elizabeth Garth; 15. Mary Whetenhall v. Thomas Whetenhall; 16. Elizabeth Eggington v. Frauncis Eggington & John Eggington; 17. Margery Gardiner v. John Gardiner; 18. Anne Perrye v. John Garbett & John Perrye; 19. Thomas Bireley v. Isabell Birely & Henry Cornoe; 20. William Dunford v. Elianor Dunford & Richard Hall; Appendix: Masters of Requests c.1542-1642. ...
