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OverviewPauper inventories were made by poor law officials to record the possessions that people on poor relief owned. These inventories have been known to exist for decades, yet they are notoriously difficult to find and have been under-utilised by generations of historians.For the first time, this book contains transcriptions of 230 pauper inventories from Norfolk. The sources are fully contextualised and indexed, alongside four comprehensive chapters which outline the source's importance and usefulness to readers. Pauper inventories are powerful documents which reveal new insights into the living conditions of the destitute and show that being poor did not necessarily equate to owning very little. The sources will be of use to economic, social and cultural historians who study a wide range of topics including consumption, material culture, production, everyday life, poverty and welfare. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph Harley (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Derby)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 24.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780197266656ISBN 10: 0197266657 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 05 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of figures and maps Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Pauper inventories as a historical source The context and practice of making pauper inventories Legality of the practice Parish motives to make pauper inventories Conclusion The sample of Norfolk inventories The sample Geographical and socio-economic distribution of pauper inventories Chronological distribution of pauper inventories Types of paupers whose goods were inventoried Conclusion The structure and content pauper inventories Layout and format Representativeness of items recorded in pauper inventories Usefulness of pauper inventories for studying material life Conclusion Transcription conventions and editorial principles Pauper inventories Ashwellthorpe Besthorpe Bressingham Brockdish Bunwell Carbrooke Cawston Forncett St. Peter Gissing Hapton East Harling West Harling Hilgay Hingham Holme-next-the-Sea Hopton Horningtoft Ingworth Letton Loddon Martham Great Moulton with Little Moulton Norwich, St. Mary in the Marsh Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell Shelton Shimpling Shipdham Stratton St. Mary Surlingham Tharston Trowse Wighton Winfarthing Yelverton with Alpington Appendices Appendix 1: List of pauper inventories by settlement Appendix 2: List of pauper inventories by surname Appendix 3: List of pauper inventories by date Glossary of inventory terms Primary sources BibliographyReviewsThis is an outstanding book...Readers with interests across the fields of social history, consumption, cultural history, poverty and welfare and social relations in the long eighteenth century will be fascinated by this excellent collection. * Steven King, Family & Community History * In addition to contextualizing the published inventories, Norfolk pauper inventories provides a rich and accessible introduction to pauper inventories as a historical source in the four chapters that precede the sources themselves. * Ruth Mather, Agricultural History Review * In addition to contextualizing the published inventories, Norfolk pauper inventories provides a rich and accessible introduction to pauper inventories as a historical source in the four chapters that precede the sources themselves. * Ruth Mather, Agricultural History Review * Author InformationJoseph Harley is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Derby. He held an Economic History Society fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London and has previously taught at the University of Leicester and Loughborough University. He is an expert in poverty, consumption and welfare in Britain during the long eighteenth century (c.1650-1850) and has published articles in Historical Journal, Social History, and Continuity and Change. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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