An outstanding study of a Somerset parish. Based on new research across a wide variety or original sources, this 486 page volume brings to life dozens of aspects of seventeenth-century parish life.
Chapter include:
Chapter One – The parish and its lords
Chapter Two – Watchet harbour, its maintenance, trade and families
Chapter Three – Homes, furnishings, households and families
Chapter Four – Churches, chapels and clergy
Chapter Five – Farming in St Decumans
Chapter Six – Industry and business in St Decumans
Chapter Seven – Antisocial behaviour, crime and punishment
Chapter Eight – Musters and wars
Chapter Nine – Principal families of St Decumans
Chapter Ten – Match, hatch and dispatch
Chapter Eleven – Supporting the poor and migrants
Chapter Twelve – Managing the Wyndham estate
Chapter Thirteen – The offices of constable and tithingman
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