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University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies Legacy Theses 1997 Kinship and mobility in early modern England: case studies from Nottinghamshire Dingle, Joan Margaret Dingle, J. M. (1997). Kinship and mobility in early modern England: case studies from Nottinghamshire (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14938 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/26988 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Kinship and Mobility in Early Modem England: Case Studies from Nottinghamshire by Joan Margaret Dingie SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY CALGARY, ALBERTA JUNE, 1997 O Joan Margaret Dingle 1997 National Library Bibliothèque nationale 1*1 of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395. rue Wellington Onawa ON K1A ON4 Ottawa ON KIA ON4 Canada Canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence aliowing the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or seii reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/i3m, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protege cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts fiom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or othexwise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. ABSTRACT This thesis examines the systemic relationship between kinship and mobility, and its impact on early modem English communities. It- also assesses how historians can best investigate links between mobility and kinship, and the role of the latter in sustaining rnobility patterns, stnicturing individual lives, and defining wmmunities. It argues that although kin ties existing in households and parish populations provide insight into the individual and communal functions of kinship, they are part of broader issues relating to rnobility. For methodological and theoretical reasons, these issues cannot be addressed adequately within the context of quantitative, parish-based comrnunity studies. The thesis uses case histories to illustrate the approach's shortcomings. Studies of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, of individual parish households, and of one Ruddington family dernonstrate that how people deployed themselves across the English landscape affected kin relationships, and that kin ties, in turn, influenced where people lived and how they communicated with one another. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to the staff of the Department of History at The University of Calgary for their support during the course of my research. In particular, I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Louis Knafla, for his invaluable assistance. I am also grateful to the Calgary Family History Centre, without whose resources the research underpinning this thesis would have been logistically impossible; to Janice Cushman, former director of the Centre, for her unstinting help; and to Rene Dusomme, for introducing me to the fascinating world of old probate documents. Reconstruding the genealogical history of the Attenborough family was a massive undertaking in which nurnerous researchers collaborated. I am indebted to them all. To Ann Jones of Walton on the Wolds, friend and research colleague, I must extend a special note of appreciation. 1 alone am responsible for any inaccuracies of detail contained within the "family treesn which appear in the appendices to this thesis. I should like to emphasize, however, that the reconstructions themselves were a joint project which would never have been realized had it not been for Am's own painstaking research, her perceptive insights into local history, and her generosity of spirit. Without Ann's uncanny ability to translate the wnfusing array of Stapleford parish records into coherent family pedigrees, Appendices 111:5 and 111:6, in particular, would contain little more than unconnected bits and pieces of genealogical data. Finafly, for their unflagging encouragement and support, I thank Ann and Ric, Erin and Paul, and Marg. DEDICATION For Erin and Marg TABLE Of CONTENTS Approval Page .................................................................................................. ii ... Abstrad ............................................................................................................ III Acknowledgernents .......................................................................................... iv Dedication ......................... ....................................................................... v Table of Contents .......................................................................................... vi List of Tables ................................................................................................... viii List of Figures ............................................................................................... ix List of Abbreviations .................................... .............. .............................. x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ..................................... ..... ....................... CHAPTER TWO:THE PROBLEMS .............................................................. CHAPTER THREE: RUDDINGTON. NOlTS .A LOCAL POPULATION STU DY ........................................................................................................... Purpose, Procedure and Primary Sources ....................... .. ............. Observations and Inferences .............................................................. A Brief Commentary ............................................................................ CHAPTER FOUR: THE ATiENBOROUGHS -A FAMILY HISTORY STUDY............................................................................................................. Purpose and Preliminary Comments............................ .. ................ Methods and Materials ...................................................................... The Historical Outline .......................................................................... Observations and Analysis ................................................................. CHAPTER FIVE: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ............................................. Bibliography: Primary Sources ........................ ... ...................................... Bibliography: Secondary Sources .................................................................. Map 1: Ruddington. Nottinghamshire. and Surrounding Parishes ................. 111 Map 2: The Attenborough Family Migrations 1500-1850 ...................... ...... 112 Map 2: The Attenborough Family Migrations 1500-1850 (continued) ............ 113 Genealogical Appendices .............................................................................. 114 Key to appendices. and Miscellaneous Notes ..................................... 114 Appendix 1: Extended Family Households. West Bridgford. Notts. 1604 ...................... .. ................................................... 115 Appendix II: The Attenboroughs of Ruddington. Notts. 1636-1707 as depicted in parish records ................................ 116 Appendix 111.1 : The Attenboroughs of 16th and 17th Century Attenborough. including Edward "of E3eestonp ......................... 117 Appendix 111.2: The Attenboroughs of 16th and 17th Century Beeston. including Richard "of Lenton". weaver ...................... 118 Appendix 111.3: The Attenboroughs of 16th and early 17th Century Clifton ....................................................................... 119 Appendix 111.4: The Attenboroughs of late 17th and early 18th Century Clifton .................................................................. 120 Appendix 111.5: The Attenboroughs of 17th and 18th Century Stapleford. Part A ..................................................................... 121 Appendix 111.6: The Attenboroughs of 17th and 18th Century Stapleford. Part B .................................................................... 122 Appendix 111.7: The Attenboroughs of 17th and 18th Century Ruddington. and 18th Century Bunny and Bradmore ............. 123 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Generational Category of Ruddington Households. 1674 ................. 22 Table 2: Unrelated Ruddington Households. 1674 ........................................ 23 Table 3: Socio-economic Categories in Ruddington and Terling. 1674 and 1671 ........................................... ,........................................ 28 viii LIST OF FIGURES Map 1: Ruddington. Nottinghamshire. and Surrounding Parishes ................. 1 il Map 2: The Attenborough Family Migrations 1500-1850 ............................... 1 12 Map 2: The Attenborough Family Migrations 1500-1 850 (continued)