Her price is above pearls : family and farming records of Alice Le Strange 1617-1656

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Full Title:: Her price is above pearls : family and farming records of Alice Le Strange 1617-1656 / edited by Elizabeth Grifiths
Series Titles:: Norfolk Record Society ; volume LXXIX
Norfolk Record Society (Series) ; v. 79.

Additional Author/Creators:: Griffiths, Elizabeth, editor
Norfolk Record Society, publisher

Subjects:: Le Strange, Alice,1585-1656
Le Strange family
Farms--England--Norfolk--History--Sources
Agriculture--England--Norfolk--History--17th century--Sources
Farm management--England--Norfolk--Records and correspondence
Norfolk (England)--Economic conditions--17th century--Sources
Norfolk (England)--History--17th century--Sources
Norfolk (England)--Genealogy

Summary:: "Alice, the wife of Sir Hamon Le Strange of Hunstanton is fast emerging from the documents as a seventeenth century phenomenon. In her debut, Consumption & Gender in the Early Seventeenth Century Household, she appeared as the consummate housewife and manager of domestic affairs, leading her grateful husband to note 'her price is above pearls'. In this volume attention turns to Alice's role as a farmer, estate manager and guardian of the family finances. In many ways, her performance in this field was even more remarkable. To illustrate the range of her abilities and the scale of her achievement, a selection has been made from her vast archive; this includes her sheep accounts, the early records she kept for her own estate at Sedgeford and her summary of the family finances. These documents explain why she came to play such an influential role in the management of her husband's affairs and why her legacy lives on at Hunstanton"--Publisher's description.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: viii, 376 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 24 cm + 1 map (42 x 60 cm, folded to 21 x 15 cm) in pocket
General Note:: Errata sheet inserted.