Monthly Archives: February 2016

Breaking up and making up: another early modern courtship

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

Another courtship story from the Jeake family archive…. Richard Hartshorne and Barbara Harding were the parents of Samuel Jeake’s wife, Elizabeth. Richard was desperate to marry Barbara. And, as a couple in their middle age with no parents to interfere, their courtship … Continue reading →

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