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Abbott, Edward , Frances Bennet , – Abbott, George Grace Bennet , Abbott, Sir Maurice and marriage of daughter Abbott, Robert, scrivener and banker , and marriages of Simon Bennet’s daughters Abbott family , abduction (of heiresses), fear of , Arlington, Isabella, Countess of Abington, Great and Little, Cambridgeshire Arran, Earl of (younger son of Duke of , – Ormond) , foreclosure by Western family , Arthur, Sir Daniel Abington House , Arundel, Alatheia Talbot, Countess of Admiralty Court, and Concord claim – aspirations “Against the Taking Away of Women” and architecture ( statute) George Jocelyn’s , –, Ailesbury, Diana Bruce, Countess of , John Bennet’s , Ailesbury, Robert Bruce, st Earl of , of parish gentry Ailesbury, Thomas Bruce, nd Earl of Astell, Mary and Frances, Countess of Salisbury , , Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Barnes’strial , at on Grace Bennet , , Albemarle, nd Duke of Bacon, Francis Alfreton, Derbyshire , , Bagott, Sir Walter, Bt Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil Andrewes, Thomas, merchant Baines, Dr. Thomas Andrewes, Thomas, page Baker, Fr. Anglo-Dutch War (–) , Bancroft, John, Archbishop of Canterbury Anne, Queen , Bank of England Appleby School shares in apprenticeship banking Bennets in Mercers’ Company early forms Charles Gresley private , gentlemen apprentices –, , – see also moneylending Sir John Moore Barbados Morewoods in Grocers’ Company –, Barbon, Nicholas repayment of fees – A Discourse of Trade Thomas Gresley , – An Apology for the Builder () Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of , , , criticism of hoarding , . See color plate on investment , on Grace Bennet speculative building , as marriage broker , , , , Barnardiston, Sir Nathaniel
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Barnes, – discussing claims for “pin money” butcher of Stony Stratford – murder of Grace Bennet and management of Calverton lands , trial and execution Barnes, Nicholas , and marriage of Frances , Bath, Frances, Countess of Salisbury in and marriage of Grace , –, Beachampton, Buckinghamshire , , marriage to Simon Bennet , –, , burial of Grace Bennet and marriages of daughters –, monument to Simon Bennet murder () , , – purchase by Sir Thomas Bennet order for silver sugar box , , , settled on Grace pamphlet on , , Simon Bennet at , poor relations with neighbors – Beaumont, Jean property from father Bedford, Hilkiah refusal to pay poor rates Bedford, Lucy, Countess of relations with family –, Behn, Aphra, Poems upon Several Occasions ... reputation , , steward discharged Bell, Frances, m. Sir Heneage Finch support for Elizabeth’s marriage Bell, Sir Henry, and lead trade Bennet, Grace, the younger –, Bennet, Ambrose, son of John age at marriage fellowship at University College , death Bennet, Ambrose, son of Sir Thomas Bennet elopement , legacy to Simon Bennet funeral (Westminster Abbey) , Bennet, Anne inheritance from father , –, legacy from father inheritance from mother m. () George Lowe , in London , Bennet, Dorothy, m. Henry Capel at Albemarle Street Bennet, Elizabeth see Latimer, Viscountess and Bennet property Bennet, Elizabeth, Lady (née Ingram) luxury possessions , as executor of Sir Simon Bennet’s estate marriage portion , and endowment to University College marriage to John Bennet –, –, money and wealth , , , legacy to Simon Bennet in cash marriage portion financial independence – marriage to Sir Simon Bennet , investments , , , –, portrait , . See color plate moneylending , Bennet, Elizabeth (née Whitmore), mother of personal income – John , –, and sister Frances, Lady Salisbury , , Bennet, Frances see Salisbury, Frances, Countess of social connections Bennet, Grace (née Morewood) (the elder) , suits against husband and others , , , , –, beneficiaries of estate – will and legacies –, character –, , – Hatfield accounts of –, –, children – Appendix dispute over tithes – inventory early life – legacy to th Earl of Salisbury , and epitaph to Simon –, fears and anxieties Bennet, Henry see Arlington, Earl of funeral Bennet, John, MP , , – hoard of gold , , –, and agricultural improvements , – lawsuits –, aspirations ,
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Bennet, John, MP (cont.) deed of jointure claims against Simon’s estate estate left in trust to daughters , death extent of business debts at death and Frances (sister) Grace’s lawsuit against , – at funeral of Sir Thos () , response to “Great Bennet” , imprisonment for debt –, lawsuit against guardians income and expenditure – at Lincoln’s Inn irrigation schemes , , marriage negotiations with Ormond lack of marriage settlement , marriage to Grace Morewood , –, , land purchases , , lawsuit against Earl of Salisbury for control and marriages of daughters , , , of Simon Bennet’s estate –, lawsuit to claim unpaid debt to Charles II moneylending and mortgages loans refused – lawsuits by creditors against – loans to Charles II , marriage to Grace Bennet –, –, loans to royalists and parliamentarians – and private banking , – as Member of Parliament – short-term loans mortgages and loans , – monument in Beachampton church , rents from Grace’s properties , , , Note and mother’s control of inheritance –, Bennet, John, son of John , m. Elizabeth Whitmore in pamphlet on murder of Grace property in Rotherhithe – political connections Bennet, John, son of Sir Thomas Bennet , property investments , , and Roger Chapman legacy as royal ward , , Bennet, Marie (two), young daughters of Grace settlement on Grace , and Simon as sheriff of Buckinghamshire , , – Bennet, Mary social rise legacy from father Thomas Russell as associate m. Sir George Croke , wealth marriage portion legacy from Ambrose Bennet Bennet, Mary, Lady (née Taylor), wife of Sir legacy from father Thomas , . See color plate legacy from Gilbert Morewood , Bennet, Richard, brother of Sir Thomas , legacy from Sir Simon Bennet , as apprentice personal fortune , , , Bennet, Richard, son of Sir Thomas will – death () Bennet, Sir Simon, son of Sir Thomas Bennet, international merchant –, m. Elizabeth Ingram , , –, legacy from father m. Elizabeth Cradock , , baronetcy () , property , endowment for University College, Oxford will () , –, Bennet, Simon, son of Richard , , – legacy from father assessor of taxes purchase of Handley Wood from Crown at Beachhampton will business records Bennet, Sir John, judge at Calverton manor , Bennet, Sir Levinus, MP and Cromwellian regime , Bennet, Thomas, infant son of Grace and Simon death ()
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Bennet, Sir Thomas, Lord Mayor of London , Broad Marston manor, Pebworth, , Gloucestershire , – as apprentice in Mercers’ Company Brograve, John career –, Broking, John, oil merchant , charitable service , Brotherton, Thomas city career Bruce, Ann, marriage to Sir William Rich cloth trade – Brussels and court finance – Buckingham, election () descendants Buckingham, Duke of funeral () – assassination knighted () Burdett, Jane, m. Edward Hopegood loans to Ingram Burdett, Robert , loans to women Burdett, Sir Robert m. Mary Taylor Burdett, Sir Thomas, Bt. and marriage alliance with Ingrams Burghley, William Cecil, Lord property , Burt, Anthony, legacy from Sir Thomas Beachampton , Bennet Broad Marston business connections , – Calverton Manor , , see also Grocers’ Company; Mercers’ in London Company Stony Stratford and sale of Crown lands Calverton Manor, Buckinghamshire , , , shares in wine customs farm wealth , enclosures – will and codicil – extended Bennet, Thomas, nephew of Sir Thomas, management of land by Grace , , apprentice in Mercers’ Company – Bennet, Thomas, son of John , – purchase by Sir Thomas Bennet , Master of University College () , settled on Grace Bennet, William, bargeman Simon and Grace Bennet at , , Bennet family –, – Capel, Henry, m. Dorothy Bennet connections – Carpender, William, rector of Calverton Bennet v. Davis dispute with Grace Bennet over tithes Bernini, Giovanni – Billington, John Cavendish, Lady Elizabeth, marriage to Duke of Bills of Exchange Albemarle Blackborne, Robert Cavendish, Lady Frances, marriage to Earl of Blackstone, Sir William, on tithes Breadalbane Blount, Charles, The Sale of Esau’s Birthright or Cavendish, Lady Margaret the New Buckingham Ballad Cavendish, Lady Mary Bologna Cawton, Thomas, Presbyterian minister – Bononcini, Giovanni, “Il trionfo di Camilla” Cecil, Lady Catherine, marriage to Sir George Downing Booth, Elizabeth Cecil, Charles Borlase, Sir John death , Bracciano, Prince of travels with Frances, Countess of Salisbury Bradfield, near Sheffield Brazil, trade with – Cecil, Lady Emily Anne Bennet Elizabeth, Breadalbane, John Campbell, st Earl of m. Marquess of Westmeath Breda, Declaration of () lawsuit for divorce, maintenance, and child Bridgeman, Sir Orlando –, custody Bridgewater, Earl of, loan to separations
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Cecil, George, and Frances, Countess of Clifton, Sir Clifford , , Salisbury , death () Cecil, Lady Margaret, Lady Stawell (later debts –, Viscountess Raneleigh) marriage to Frances Finch , – Cecil, Lady Mary, m. Sir William Forester as MP for East Retford Cecil, Robert, son of rd Earl of Salisbury will and Frances, Countess of Salisbury Clifton, Elizabeth as guardian to young th Earl Clifton, Frances, Lady (née Finch), dau. of Sir Cecil, William Heneage –, , Cecil Street, London breast cancer , leases education – role of Frances, Countess of Salisbury in legacy from father creation of – legacy from mother –, Chandois, Lady Mary life in London – Chapman, Roger, Simon Bennet’s man of luxury silver possessions business , management of family finances , –, account books – and Frances, Countess of Salisbury marriage to Sir Clifford Clifton , , and Grace Bennet , and marriages of children , –, and monument to Simon political connections , charities , , private act of parliament to release money for Charles I, King, execution () marriage portions Charles II, King will – as marriage broker Clifton, Sir Gervase , – and Popish Plot Clifton, Katherine Charles II, King of Spain , marriage portion Charlton, Francis marriage to Sir John Parsons as marriage broker , , Clifton, Sir William (son of Sir Clifton) , Chaworth, Lady – Chesshyre, Ann, Lady , and Bennet sisters’ marriage negotiations Chesshyre, Sir John Chester, Sir Anthony, Bt. inheritance Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, th Earl of and marriage of sister Katherine Chiffinch, Barbara proposed marriage with daughter of Duke of marriage to Earl of Jersey Newcastle – proposed marriage with Sir William Clifton Clifton family cloth trade , , , Chiffinch, William, Keeper of the King’s Closet imports , , , see also textiles Cholmondeley, Sir Thomas and Lady coalmines, Alfreton, Derbyshire Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of Cockayne, Elizabeth Clark, Sir Clement legacy from Gilbert Morewood Clark, Sir Gilbert marriage to Thomas Rich Clarke, John Cockayne, Sir William , Clayton, Sir Robert, banker , , , and sale of Crown lands Clement XI, Pope Coke, Elizabeth Clerke, Barbara, godchild of Grace Bennet Coke, Thomas – Clerke, Sir Talbot, Bt. Commonwealth , Clifford, Lady Anne Compton, Alice Clifton, Arabella Concord merchant ship, capture by the Dutch marriage portion –, marriage to Francis Wheler Constable, William
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Conway, Anne (née Finch), Viscountess, Cranford, James, Presbyterian minister posthumous dau. of Sir Heneage , Cranley, Richard, partner in Concord venture , , Cratford, Christopher – correspondence with Henry More , credit correspondence with Leibnitz , and risk death see also banking; debt; moneylending education – Creed, Richard, Grand Tour Diary – financial management crime, declining and Frances (sister) Crispe, Captain illness Croke, Sir George – legacy from mother –, legacy from Sir Thomas Bennet marriage to Viscount Conway m. Mary Bennet , philosopher , , trustee of Sir Simon Bennet’s endowment Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Croke, Mary, marriage to Harbottle Grimston Philosophy ... Quakerism Croke, Thomas, son of Sir George will Cromwell, Oliver, and East India Company Conway, Benjamin, chaplain at Hatfield Crowe, Sir Sackville, suitor of Elizabeth Bennet death in Rome , travels with Frances, Countess of Salisbury Crown finance , and City Conway, Edward, Viscount , , , Sir Thomas Bennet’s – and Anne’s Quakerism Crown lands, sales of and Frances, Lady Clifton , Cullimore, James subsequent marriages Curzon, Eleanor and will and death of Anne – and South Sea Company – Cope, Sir Walter Curzon, Nicholas Coppin, Sir George Curzon family Corelli, Angel, composer Custodis, Hieronymus, painter , Cornwallis, Elizabeth, marriage to Viscount Custody of Infants Act () Lumley customs farms Coryat, Thomas Cottington, Lord Dabb, Francis, labourer – Cotton, Elizabeth, Lady Dacre, Ann, Lady Cotton, Sir Robert Dale, Thomas Courten, William, merchant , Danby, Thomas Osborne, Earl of (later Duke of coverture, doctrine of , , , Leeds) , , –, and Grace Bennet the younger , , Davies, Mary, m. Sir Thomas Grosvenor debt and inheritance of Elizabeth, Lady Finch’s defaults daughters and foreclosure Cradock, Elizabeth, m. () Richard Bennet , and interest rates , , suits for legacy from Richard Bennet , Derby, Earl of , see also Finch, Elizabeth, Lady Derby, Elizabeth (née Butler), Countess of Cradock, Matthew, later governor of Derbyshire, lead industry , Massachusetts , Dering, Sir Cholmeley –, , Cradock, William , death in duel Cranfield, Lionel, Lord Treasurer (later Earl of Dering, Sir Edward, suitor to Elizabeth Bennet Middlesex) – and Ingram Dering, Sir Edward (son) and sale of Crown lands Dethick, John, alderman
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divorce, Westmeath case Eliot, Sir John, suitor of Elizabeth Bennet Dobyns, William , , elites doctrine of necessaries and London life , , , Dormer, Robert, Earl of Carnarvon see also social mobility Dover, Henry Jermyn, Earl of , Elizabeth of Bohemia, Princess Dover House, Dover Street, London , , Elizabeth I, Queen –, Elizabeth, Princess, dau. of Charles I furnishings , – Ellis, Charles garden death in Venice household ordinances – and Frances, Countess of Salisbury’s interiors smallpox pictures , and George Jocelyn – staircase letters about Frances, Countess of Salisbury Downing, Sir George, m. Lady Catherine Cecil Ellis, John, and George Jocelyn , –, Drake, Sir William –, Drakelowe Hall, Church Gresley Ellis, Philip, Bishop Gresley home , England, population household goods at – English Civil War timber lead supplies Dronfield, Derbyshire, lead merchants Second Duncombe, William, m. Anne Bennet and trade – Dunes, Battle of the (Dunkirk) () equity of redemption, doctrine of , , , Dutch East India Company Eure, Lord Dutch navy Evelyn, John nominal neutrality Exclusion Crisis (–) , and seizure of Concord – Exeter, John Cecil, th Earl of Dutton, Sir Ralph death and Frances, Countess of Salisbury , , East India Company , during Civil War , in Rome Gilbert Morewood and – Eyre, Reginald insurance policies and will of Gilbert Morewood –, investment in , and lead merchants Farquhar, George, The Constant Couple or a Trip Morewood’s lead supplies to to the Jubilee new charter () Faubert’s academy political allegiances Fenton, Lady Mary (née Howard) ships at Deptford. See color plate Ferrar, John spices Fielding, Robert “Beau” Eastwell, Kent, Sir Heneage Finch buried at Fiennes, Celia , Edge, Ralph Finch, Anne see Conway, Anne education Finch, Daniel, nd Earl of Nottingham , for business , – Faubert’s academy Finch, Edward of Finch children , – Finch, Elizabeth, Lady (née Cradock, m. st of girls – Richard Bennet) –, , see also Grand Tour – Edwards, Thomas, Gangraena and accounts of Simon Bennet’s inheritance elections , – Buckingham () courtship as widow –, – Newton, Lancashire () education of children –
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financial and social management , Fleet Prison jewelry , , the Rules Kensington House , , , –, Florence lawsuits Florio, John in London Forbes, James, SJ marriage to Sir Heneage Finch () , Forester, Sir William , , Fowle, Sir Thomas – legacy from Fowle family prenuptial agreement , , , France provision for daughters –, , St. Cloud and University College, Oxford St. Germaine des Pres and wardship of Simon Bennet , war with wealth of , Francis, Jane, wife of Sir Thomas Burdett will () , – Fuller, Mr. Finch, Frances see Clifton, Frances, Lady furniture Finch, Francis at Netherseal as guardian of Simon Bennet as security for loans and Kensington House nuncupative (oral) will Gayer, Sir John and University College, Oxford Gayer, Sir Robert Finch, Francis, son of Sir Heneage , General Contractors for Crown Lands m. Elizabeth Parkhurst gentlemen apprentices see apprenticeship Finch, Sir Heneage Finch. See color plate Gifford, William death () Giro d’Italia , at funeral of Sir Thomas Bennet gold as guardian of Simon Bennet Frances, Countess of Salisbury’s scales to and Kensington House weigh , m. () Frances Bell Grace Bennet’s hoard , , , –, marriage to Elizabeth, widow of Richard Bennet , , , hoarding of , , – as Recorder of London intrinsic value of , will – payments in , Finch, Heneage, son of Sir Heneage, later Earl of wealth in , , Nottingham , goldsmiths, as bankers , advice to Frances, Lady Clifton Gooderick, Henry education Goubard, David, merchant executor of Sir Clifford Clifton Grafton, Duke of as executor to Elizabeth, Lady Finch Grand Tour , , judgment on mortgages , guidebooks – law practice see also Paris; Rome; Venice as Lord Chancellor , Gray, John m. Elizabeth Harvey Great Fire of London (), and speculative sale of Kensington House building , , , Finch, Sir John, son of Sir Heneage , , Grenville, Richard diplomatic career , , Gresham, Thomas, Royal Exchange as marriage broker Gresley, Anne, proposed marriage with Sir John and Thomas Baines Moore Finch, Sir Moyle, Bt. Gresley, Charles, apprenticeship Finch, Thomas Gresley, Dorothy, elopement with servant Finch family (Ward) inventory of houses () Gresley, Frances, Lady (née Morewood) , , marriages during Civil War – , , ,
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Gresley, Frances, Lady (née Morewood) (cont.) Hakluyt, Richard ambitions for children , Handel, Georg Frederick, “Rinaldo” and apprenticeship of Thomas , Handley Wood – purchase by Sir Simon Bennet character support for University College endowment City connections – conflict with husband and family , Hartley, Mr. – Harvey, Daniel , financial influence Harvey, Elizabeth, m. Heneage Finch friendship with Sir John Moore –, Hatfield House , gifts from Sir John Moore –, Frances, Countess of Salisbury at , legacy from father , –, marriage , Grace Bennet the elder’s funeral and marriage of son William – Grace Bennet’s legacy in accounts at property rights –, –, Appendix on sister (Grace Bennet) patronage of living , and timber rights , , – Hatton, Sir Christopher wealth Hawker, Hugh, steward to Frances, Countess of will Salisbury Gresley, Frances, m. William Inge heiresses , Gresley, Sir George, Bt. , age at marriage – Gresley, Lee, and Grace Bennet’s will marriages of Gresley, Sir Nigel parental attitudes to , Gresley, Sir Thomas Helmont, Franciscus van, and Anne Conway Gresley, Thomas (Finch) , apprenticeship Heneage, Elizabeth, Viscountess Winchelsea, lawsuit against mother – m. Sir Moyle Finch and repayment of apprenticeship fees Henson, Frances see Morewood, Frances – Henson, Joan see Salmon, Joan smallpox Henson, Thomas Gresley, Sir Thomas, Bt. , Hicks, Sir Baptist , and apprenticeships for sons , at funeral of Sir Thomas Bennet children – and sale of Crown lands commission of new watch hoarding on country education criticism of – marriage portions for daughters of gold – marriage to Frances Morewood Hodge, John, carpenter and builder – reputed hoarding of gold , Hogarth, William will – Industry and Idleness and will of Gilbert Morewood Marriage A-la-Mode , , . See color Gresley, William, marriage – plate Gresley family –, The Emblematical Print on the South Sea Grevile, Sir Edward Scheme Grevile, Mary, m. Sir Arthur Ingram The Strode Family . See color plate Grey of Groby, Thomas, Lord The Western Family –. See color Grey, Lady Jane plate Grimston, Sir Harbottle Holland, Gervase – Grocers’ Company Hollar, Wenceslaus , Morewood links with , , , Holloway, John, bailiff to Grace Bennet Sir John Moore and , Holman, Philip Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, m. Mary Davies Hopegood, Edward gunpowder, trade in Hopegood, Francis, on William Gresley
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Hopton, Sir Edward death Hoskins, John, Master in Chancery as Duke of York , , Houblon, James James Stewart (James III), the Old Pretender House of Commons, and East India Company Jenkins, Sir Leoline Jenner, Edward, smallpox vaccination household ordinances, for Dover House Jersey, Edward Villiers, Earl of – Jervas, Charles . See color plate Howard, Cardinal Philip jewelry , Howard, Charles, Earl of Nottingham Anne, Lady Conway Howell, James Elizabeth, Lady Finch , , Hull Frances, Lady Gresley –, lead merchants Frances, Lady Salisbury lead trade from Grace Bennet , Hunter, Joseph, historian hoards Huntingdon, Dowager Countess of Jocelyn, George , –, Hyde, Ann, marriage to Earl of Ossory character and Charles Ellis –, Idle, River correspondence with John Ellis , India, and Maluku Islands. See color plate –, –, Inge, William, m. Frances Gresley courtship of Frances, Countess of Salisbury Ingoldsby, Francis, MP , – Ingoldsby, Richard expenses Ingoldsby family failure of suit with Frances, Countess of Ingram, Sir Arthur , Salisbury – and Crown finance and gossip –, at funeral of Sir Thomas Bennet later life and career – m. () Mary Grevile military career , – trustee of Sir Simon Bennet’s endowment in Paris – Ingram, Elizabeth see Bennet, Elizabeth, Lady pursuit of Frances, Countess of Salisbury, inheritance, custom of London , –, in Europe –, Innocent XII, Pope Jocelyn, Sir Robert, Bt. Jubilee year () – Jocelyn, Thomas, Bt. insurance underwriting – Jocelyn family interest rates jointure , on moneylending deeds of reduction and dower investment Elizabeth Bennet’s , , new forms of , , Frances, Lady Salisbury’s , , as proper use of wealth – Jolley, John stock market by women , , , –, Kensington House , , . See color plate see also stocks education at – Francis Finch in Jackson, John gardens , and Frances, Countess of Salisbury in Rome Heneage Finch’s house – as home of Lady Finch – and Samuel Pepys , Kensington Palace Jacob, Sir John Kent, Mary Grey, Countess of , Jamaica Kildare, Elizabeth, Countess of James I, King, travel regulations King, Gregory James II, King Kirkby family court in exile in Paris Kneller, Sir Godfrey . See color plate
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Lake, Sir Thomas, and sale of Crown lands Legh family, Lancashire Langley, Sir Robert Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm, and Anne Conway Lassels, Richard (Finch) , Voyage of Italy ( guidebook) , , Levant Company , Lewis, Erasmus Latimer, Edward Osborne, Viscount Liège – m. Elizabeth Bennet –, –, Littleton, Sir Edward, merchant , politics livery companies return of marriage portion see also Grocers’ Company; Mercers’ Latimer, Elizabeth (née Bennet), Viscountess Company Locke, John age at marriage London death in childbirth in seventeenth century –, , loss of child , Albemarle Street , marriage portion , Arlington Street marriage to Edward Osborne, Viscount Bond Street Latimer , –, Camden House Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury Cecil Street lawsuits Cheapside for accounts of Simon Bennet’s inheritance Clarendon House , , Cornhill ward brought by women , , , Deptford. See color plate Frances Clifton’s against William Sacheverell docks Dover House, Dover Street , , , Frances, Lady Salisbury , , – Gilbert Morewood’s will – elite social life in , , , Grace Bennet (the younger) against husband Emanuel Hospital , – Fleet Prison Grace Bennet’s “pin money” discussed in funeral of Sir Thomas Bennet, Lord Mayor – () – Gresley family – Holland House John Bennet’s , – Kensington House , Morewood and marine insurance new building development , , , Layton, Haycourt – lead – New Exchange, Strand, shops and Civil War opera measurement of Royal Exchange Morewood’s exports St. Bartholomew Exchange lead merchants, Derbyshire and Yorkshire St. Christopher le Stocks , , Lee, George St. Olave Old Jewry , – Lee, Ralph , , , St. Sepulchre without Newgate executor to Simon Bennet , , Salisbury House redevelopment lawsuits against , – transfers role to Frances, Lady Salisbury Southampton Square, Bloomsbury Strand Lee, Sarah Trinity Chapel, Dover Street , and Frances, Countess of Salisbury see also Westminster travels with Frances, Countess of Salisbury and merchant moneylenders , lottery tickets Lee, Sir Thomas left as legacies by Frances, Countess of Legh, Peter Salisbury – Legh, Thomas Louis XIV, King of France
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and James II and affection recognition of James III and kinship connections Lowe, George and parental control as customs farmer Married Women’s Property Act () , legacy from Sir Thomas Bennet Marston Moor, Battle of () m. Anne Bennet , , Mary I, Queen Lowe, George, son of George Massam, William Lowe, Mary, m. Sir Ralph Dutton Massingberd, John Lumley, Richard, Viscount, suitor to Elizabeth Matrimonial Causes Act () Bennet Maxfield, Sir G. Luttrell, Narcissus , Mayflower merchant ship , luxury consumption , , Maynard, Mr. economic benefits of Mead, Reverend Joseph textiles , , Meers, Captain John luxury goods Mercers’ Company , , , , chocolate pots , Merchant Adventurers of Hamburgh coffee pots , merchants, education and skills for Frances, Lady Salisbury’s , , Metford, John, physician Grace Bennet the younger’s Middleton, Thomas, The City Madam Grace Bennet’s Milan sugar box , , , Misselden, Edward tea accessories , Mohun, Lord watches , , Moneux, Sir Philip luxury trades money changing attitudes , , – Makin, Bethsua and marriage , , Malet, Elizabeth, abduction by Earl of Rochester moneylending , by merchants Malynes, Gerard as profession Manchester, Countess of short-term loans and compound interest Mandeville, Bernard , by women , – marine insurance see also Bennet, Simon; Morewood, Gilbert Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of Monmouth, James, Duke of marriage Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley age at –, , Moore, Sir John . See color plate age disparities as apprentice to Gilbert Morewood alliances , and apprenticeships for Gresley sons clandestine –, – companionate , , executor to Peter Salmon and money , , and Frances, Countess of Salisbury parental control over , friendship with Frances, Lady Gresley and political connections , , , –, , – as Lord Mayor of London () and remarriage nonconformity marriage brokers , proposed marriage with Anne Gresley marriage portions and school at Appleby for Bennet daughters , , , More, Edward for Clifton daughters More, Henry , Grace Morewood’s and Anne Finch , for Newcastle’s daughters and Frances Finch use of, to improve social positions , , and John and Francis Finch marriages, arranged , , , , More, Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas
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Morewood, Andrew, son of Rowland , , Morewood, John, sale of the Oaks and East India Company , , Morewood, John, manufacturer in London Morewood, Anthony, Gilbert Morewood as , apprentice to , Morewood, Joseph , Morewood, Anthony, merchant in Barbados de Morewood, Peter Morewood, Anthony, son of Rowland , Morewood, Rowland , as lead merchant Morewood family –, – purchase of Alfreton , coat of arms Morewood, Barbara in Derbyshire daughter of Gilbert , lead merchants in Derbyshire, Hull, and marriage to Thomas Rich Sheffield Morewood, Benjamin, nephew of Gilbert links with Grocers’ Company , , –, in London and estate of Gilbert Morewood – origins – London merchant in Yorkshire Morewood, Frances, daughter of Gilbert see Morice, Sir Nicholas Gresley, Frances, Lady Morrett, Benjamin , –, Morewood, Frances (Henson) mortgage law , –, death mortgages , , , intestacy Mun, Thomas , legacy from Gilbert Morewood , murder (of Grace Bennet) , , – marriage to Gilbert Morewood execution of Barnes Morewood, Francis pamphlet The Unfortunate Lady , Morewood, Gilbert, godson of Gilbert , – Morewood, Gilbert, son of Rowland , –, trial of Barnes , witnesses apprenticeship , Muscovy Company and church of St. Christopher le Stocks music, in Rome and Concord venture –, Myddleton, Sir Robert, MP – death and burial Myddleton, Sir Thomas, MP, at funeral of Sir as East India Company merchant , –, Thomas Bennet on EIC committees , Naples first marriage Navigation Act () Grocers’ Company , Neale, Thomas, suitor to Frances, Countess of insurance business –, Salisbury , lead exports necessaries, doctrine of , in London Netherseal, Leicestershire (Derbys) , , , marriage to Frances Henson , – and marriages of daughters –, to Gresleys , marriage portions , , networks (of connections) –, –, and Mayflower business , – moneylending – kinship nephews as apprentices New River Company overseas trade Newcastle, Frances, Duchess of property investments Newcastle, Henry Cavendish, nd Duke of religious and political views –, as guardian of Sir William Clifton and Thomas Rich marriages of daughters – and Virginia Company suitors for daughters , wealth , – Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of will – Newcastle, William Cavendish, st Duke of Morewood, Grace see Bennet, Grace ,
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Newdigate, Sir Richard Parsons, Catherine , , Newman, George Parsons, Grace, legacy from Grace Bennet , Newman, Susan , Nine Years War Parsons, Sir John, marriage to Katherine Clifton North America, trade with , Nulls, Sir John Parsons, Sir William, Bt. , Parsons, William, highwayman Ogle, Lord, son of Duke of Newcastle Paske, Thomas , Ormond, James Butler, st Duke of , , . patriarchal practices, challenges to See color plate patronage , and marriage negotiations –, , Pauncefoot, Edward –, Pebworth, Gloucestershire , –, view of money from trade , , Pelyne, Thomas – visit to England , Pembroke, Countess of Ossory, Emilia, Countess of Pembroke, William Herbert, Earl of Ossory, James Butler, later nd Duke of Pepys, Samuel Ormond , . See color plate on Frances, Countess of Salisbury , , and courtship of Frances Bennet –, , – and John Jackson , and George Jocelyn , , on Kensington House marriage to Ann Hyde Percivall, Samuel , , Ossory, Thomas Butler, son of st Duke of on Earl of Salisbury Ormond Perkins, William Ottoboni, Cardinal Pietro Petition of Right () Ottoman Empire, Levant Company trade with Petty, Sir William Overseal, Leicestershire (Derbys) , , A Pilgrimage to the Grand Jubilee in Rome to Bennets “pin money” Grace Bennet’s views on – paintings Pindar, Sir Paul Frances, Lady Salisbury , . See color plague, London plate . Plumbers’ Company see also Hogarth, William; Kneller, Godfrey; Poland, Maria Casimira, Queen of, in Rome Wissing, Willem pamphlets political connections, and marriage , , murder – , The Unfortunate Lady (Grace Bennet) , Ponsbourne, Hertfordshire – Popish Plot (–) , Paris Pozzuoli, Naples Frances, Countess of Salisbury in , prenuptial agreements – Elizabeth, Lady Finch , , George Jocelyn in – Gilbert Morewood parish gentry Presbyterianism Parkhurst, Elizabeth, m. Francis Finch Prior, Matthew Parkhurst, Sir Robert property rights, women’s , , , , Parliament –, members of John Bennet – Ragley Hall, Worcestershire suitors for Lady Finch Raleigh, Sir Walter Viscount Latimer Raven, John, suitor of Elizabeth Bennet – private acts of , Restoration of Charles II Clifton portions ribbons see also Long Parliament; Rump Parliament Rich, Henry, Earl of Holland
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Rich, Richard, Earl of Holland death () Rich, Sir Thomas financial independence , , , East India Company – executor to Gilbert Morewood , –, funeral , in Hampstead legacy from Gilbert Morewood at Hatfield –, marriage to Barbara Morewood inheritance from father marriage to Elizabeth Cockayne lawsuits , , will in London , –, Rich, Sir William, marriage to Ann Bruce and Bennet property Ripon School and development of Cecil Street Rochester, Earl of – abduction of Elizabeth Malet Dover House , , , , Rome –, , – – architecture – household ordinances – gardens – social life – music luxury purchases , , –, Romney, George marriage negotiations with Earl of Ossory Rotherhithe, Bennet property in –, , –, – marriage portion Rous, Reverend John marriage to James th Earl of Salisbury –, Royal African Company –, , – Royal Exchange portraits , . See color plate Rugeley, Dr., of York rejection of remarriage , –, Rump Parliament, and interest rates return to England Russell, Lady Rachel, on Frances, Countess of rumours and gossip about , , , Salisbury , , , –, , Russell, Thomas suitors in widowhood , as executor to Elizabeth, Lady Finch – travels in Europe , , –, , and Simon Bennet Amsterdam Rutland, Earl of Brussels Ryswick, Treaty of () cultural interests –, departure – Sacheverell, William, MP , , entourage and Clifton estate expenditure , , –, , and marriage of Sir William Clifton Sacriponte, Cardinal letters Sadler, Ebenezer, Receiver General at Hatfield Liège – , , , motivation for – letter from Sarah Lee to in Paris , – and meeting with Frances, Countess of Rome –, – Salisbury () smallpox (in Rome) , , , and rents for Grace Bennet – Salisbury, Anne (née Tufton), Countess of to France – –, . See color plate wish to return to continent – Salisbury, Frances (née Bennet), Countess of and trial of Barnes for murder , , –, and Trinity Chapel age at marriage , Venice –, children visits to friends and relations –, connections with Jacobites and Roman will and legacies – Catholics , , , – bequests to charity and courtship of George Jocelyn – lottery tickets as legacies –
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Salisbury, James Cecil, rd Earl of , slave trade , , Salisbury, James Cecil, th Earl of Sligh, Sir Samuel conversion to Roman Catholicism , smallpox – death () , , inoculation and vaccination gambling – Smyth, Dr. Arthur gossip about – social mobility –, , , Grand Tour and marriage portions imprisonment for treason and new Stuart elite – marriage to Frances Bennet –, –, and status differences – Solemn League and Covenant () and trial of Barnes for murder Somerset, Duchess of, investment with will Sora, Olimpia Ippolita Ludovisi, Duchess Salisbury, James Cecil, th Earl of , , of correspondence South Sea Company , , Grace Bennet and , collapse legacy from mother Eleanor Curzon and – Salisbury, James Cecil, th Earl of, Grace investment in Bennet’s legacy , –, Spa, Liège Salisbury, Margaret, Countess of spices Salisbury, Robert Cecil, st Earl of , imports Salisbury, earls and marquesses of Morewood’s trade in –, and Bennet inheritance reexport of – see also Cecil; Hatfield Stanhope, Anthony Salmon, Dr. Peter – Stanyon, Abraham legacy from Gilbert Morewood Stawell, Ursula marriage to Joan Henson Steele, Sir Richard physician to Charles I Stepney, George Salmon, Joan (Henson) Steward, William, and wardship of Simon daughter of Frances , Bennet , – death Stillingfleet, George and Frances, Lady Gresley stocks (investment) legacy from Gilbert Morewood Bank of England marriage to Peter Salmon East India Company , Saunders, Jacob, seaman South Sea Company , – Savoy , Stone, Nicholas Sawyer, Robert Stony Stratford, Bennet property , , Scarlatti, Alessandro, composer Strode, Lady Anne (née Cecil) . See color Scott, Edmund, grocer plate scriveners, as bankers , Strode, Samuel Seal, manor of see Netherseal; Overseal Strode, William . See color plate Shadwell, Dr John , – Strode family –. See color plate Shadwell, Thomas Strype, John , Shaftesbury, Earl of sugar, and luxurious accessories Sheffield, lead merchants sugar box, silver , , , Sherfield Manor sugar trade Shirley, Sir Robert and Lady sumptuary laws Shrewsbury, Earl of Swale, Mr, cheesemonger Shute, Richard, partner in Concord venture , tapestries, in Finch houses silver The Tatler magazine intrinsic value of Taylor, Mary, m. Sir Thomas Bennet see Bennet wealth held in , tea, luxury accessories ,
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Temple, Sir Peter Van Schurman, Anna Maria suitor of Elizabeth Bennet Vassall, Samuel textiles, luxury and Mayflower imports , , partner in Concord venture , Thanet, Thomas Tufton, Earl of , , Venice –, , theatre Vermuyden, Cornelius comedies , Verney, Sir Ralph plots with clandestine marriages Vernon, James, Secretary of State Thomson, Leonard, steward to Grace Bennet Versailles Thornhill, Richard, trial of Frances, Countess of Salisbury at –, Thorpe, John timber Vesuvius, Mount Frances Gresley’s rights to , , – Vigo Bay, Battle of () . See color plate as Gresley asset Virginia Company , , Sir Simon Bennet’s Richard Bennet and tithes Vivian, Richard, partner in Concord venture and change of land use Vyner, Sir Robert, banker , Grace Bennet’s dispute over – Vyner, Thomas, alderman, goldsmith, and replaced by composition banker tobacco, trade in , , Tompion, Thomas, watchmaker Waller, Sir Henry, on Elizabeth Bennet Tracy of Rathcoole, John Tracy, rd Viscount Walton, Izaak trade War of the Spanish Succession , –, East India expansion of , and travel – imports Ward, Dorothy (Gresley) interloping ventures elopement with steward travel wealth Grand Tour , , of Buckinghamshire gentry (s) guidebooks – forms of licences , , see also jewelry; women’s wealth women travelers – wedding gifts Tribe, Mrs (Mrs Andrewes) West Indies Tribe, Thomas sugar plantations Trotter, Thomas, loan to trade with Troutbeck, Dr John Western, Maximillian , , trusts and Abington House , by parents for daughters , Western, Sir Thomas – Simon Bennet’s , Western, Thomas Tuke, Thomas, priest Western family. See color plate Turin, Duke of Savoy’s palace Westmeath, William Nugent, st Marquess of Twisden, Thomas divorce proceedings University College, Oxford Westminster, Cannon Row endowment by Sir Simon Bennet – Westmorland, Dorothy, Countess of , , new buildings in seventeenth century – Wharton, Dorothy, Lady scholarships and fellowships – Wharton, Philip, Lord Ursins, Marie-Anne de Tremoille, Princess Wheler (Wheeler), Francis, marriage to Arabella Bracciano, princesse des Clifton Uvedale, Sir William, and wardship of Simon Whetenhall, Lady Catherine Bennet White, Francis, Bishop of Carlisle
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Whitehorne, Captain William loans from Sir Thomas Bennet Whitmore, Elizabeth, m. John Bennet property rights , , , , –, Whitmore, Frances, m. Sir Robert Myddleton violence against wills made by , Whitmore, Sir Thomas see also heiresses; marriage; widows Whitmore, Sir William women’s wealth, household furnishings , widows Elizabeth, Lady Finch property rights , , , Frances, Lady Gresley , remarriage , Frances, Lady Salisbury see also Bennet, Elizabeth; Bennet, Grace; Grace Bennet , Clifton, Frances; Finch, Elizabeth; loans secured against Salisbury, Frances see also gold; jewelry; jointure; stocks William III, King , , Woodroffe, Dame Grissell and war with France Woodroffe, Sir Nicholas, MP Winchelsea, Earl of Woodward, John Wissing, Willem . See color plate Wooley, Richard Withers, Catherine, m. George Jocelyn Wren, Sir Christopher Wolstenholme, Sir John , and Appleby School Wolton, Willem, of Calverton and Kensington House women Wroth, Mary and control of money , Wynn, Richard, and marine insurance claim creation of identities Wynn, Sir Richard, and wardship of Simon education of – Bennet financial influence and power , , as investors and lenders , , , Yorkshire –, lead merchants , and jointure Morewood family lawsuits brought by , , , Sir Thomas Bennet’s property in
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