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Herts Past and Present Hertfordshire Association for Local History Spring 2011 - No 17 |
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In this Issue George Churchill, Sir John Cotton, John Ellis, John Gape, Samuel Grimston, Admiral Lord Halifax, Henry Killigrew, Lucy Killigrew, Duke of Marlborough, Ralph Radcliffe, John Selioke, John Tombes Amersterdam, Hitchin, London, Russia, St Albans, Stockbridge, Stockholm, Turkey
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Brief Guide to Sources: Hearth Tax Returns - by David Short |
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The grain crisis of the 1630s and malting in Hertfordshire - by Alan Thomson |
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This article is largely based on1 reports in The National Archives which were sent by Hertfordshire Magistrates to the Privy Council in London following a grain shortage after bad harvests. The government of Charles I tried to set up a limited corporation of richer malt-makers to restrict malt-making which the magistrates resisted. Bread, ale, barley and beer The influence of London Poor harvests and the Book of Orders Grain prices in Hertfordshire Effects on the malting industry Brewing in the seventeenth century The suppression of alehouses How the malting industry operated in Hertfordshire Social consequences of suppressing malting Impact of poverty, unemployment, ship money and the plague Poverty, vagabondage and poor relief |
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The Radcliffes in the Levant: An examination of the Delmé-Radcliffe Business Papers ( 1706-1767) - by David Warden |
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Some points of interest emerging from an examination of the Delme-Radcliffe Business Papers (1706-1767) held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS). This collection was recently purchased from its owner by HALS after a prolonged fund-raising campaign. For the last year David has been looking through the papers in order to re-package them and has drawn up extensive notes on their physical condition so that priority can be given to their conservation. The Early Years The Delmé-Radcliffe business papers The London Merchant Community The Business Goods Shipped Business challenges Geography Currencies The end ot eh trading venture |
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Admiral Henry Killigrew - Politics, Marriage and Family Life - by Gerard McSweeney |
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A previous paper described the naval career of Admiral Henry Killigrew, summarised in the first section here. It is followed by his retirement to St Albans, with its political intrigues. The final part draws on his letters and those of his wife before and after marriage, providing a sketch of contemporary life. Retirement to St Albans Henry and the political scene The letters Lucy Jervoise before marriage Lucy and Henry's letters after marriage |
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Hertfordshire Rail Excursions in the Nineteenth Century - by Nigel Agar |
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Histories of Victorian England sometimes give the impression that the mass of the population did nothing but work and most of them never left their home towns or villages. Examination of the local press goes some way to contradict this. After the mid-century, the railways encouraged affordable tourism. One way of doing this was to advertise cheap excursions. The landlocked Great Northern Railway (GNR) with its main north-south line going through Hertfordshire from Hitchin to Barnet was particularly keen to lay on excursions. If we take the important junction of Hitchin with its branches to Cambridge and, via the Midland Railway to Bedford and Leicester, we find a regular series of advertised day excursions and some longer trips out as far as Edinburgh, Scarborough and even Dublin. |
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Also editorial, news items, dates for the diary, and book reviews |
