Mobility and stability in Long Melford, Suffolk in the late seventeenth century

Local Population Studies

Volumn 62, Issue , 1999, Pages 31-51

  Boothman, Lyn ^a  

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2. A. Mitson, 'The significance of kinship networks in the seventeenth century: south west Nottinghamshire' in C. Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 1580-1850: cultural provinces and English local history, (Leicester, 1993), 24-76; E. Lord, 'Communities of common interest, the social landscape of south east Surrey, 1750-1850' in Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 131-199; C. Phythian-Adams, Rethinking English local history, (Leicester, 1987); C.D. Rogers and J.H. Smith, Local family history in England, 1538-1914, (Manchester, 1991); C. Jarvis, 'The reconstitution of nineteenth century rural communities', Local Population Studies, 51 (1993), 46-53.
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4. A. Mitson, 'The significance of kinship networks in the seventeenth century: south west Nottinghamshire' in C. Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 1580-1850: cultural provinces and English local history, (Leicester, 1993), 24-76; E. Lord, 'Communities of common interest, the social landscape of south east Surrey, 1750-1850' in Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 131-199; C. Phythian-Adams, Rethinking English local history, (Leicester, 1987); C.D. Rogers and J.H. Smith, Local family history in England, 1538-1914, (Manchester, 1991); C. Jarvis, 'The reconstitution of nineteenth century rural communities', Local Population Studies, 51 (1993), 46-53.
5. A. Mitson, 'The significance of kinship networks in the seventeenth century: south west Nottinghamshire' in C. Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 1580-1850: cultural provinces and English local history, (Leicester, 1993), 24-76; E. Lord, 'Communities of common interest, the social landscape of south east Surrey, 1750-1850' in Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 131-199; C. Phythian-Adams, Rethinking English local history, (Leicester, 1987); C.D. Rogers and J.H. Smith, Local family history in England, 1538-1914, (Manchester, 1991); C. Jarvis, 'The reconstitution of nineteenth century rural communities', Local Population Studies, 51 (1993), 46-53.
6. A. Mitson, 'The significance of kinship networks in the seventeenth century: south west Nottinghamshire' in C. Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 1580-1850: cultural provinces and English local history, (Leicester, 1993), 24-76; E. Lord, 'Communities of common interest, the social landscape of south east Surrey, 1750-1850' in Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 131-199; C. Phythian-Adams, Rethinking English local history, (Leicester, 1987); C.D. Rogers and J.H. Smith, Local family history in England, 1538-1914, (Manchester, 1991); C. Jarvis, 'The reconstitution of nineteenth century rural communities', Local Population Studies, 51 (1993), 46-53.
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10. C.C. Pond, 'Internal population migration and mobility in Eastern England in the 18th century', (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1980). John Patten was also uncertain about the status of Melford at this period although he included the parish in his list of East Anglian Towns; J. Patten, 'The urban structure of East Anglia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries', (Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1972).
11. C.C. Pond, 'Internal population migration and mobility in Eastern England in the 18th century', (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1980). John Patten was also uncertain about the status of Melford at this period although he included the parish in his list of East Anglian Towns; J. Patten, 'The urban structure of East Anglia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries', (Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1972).
12. See Figure 1 and 'Differences between the various parts of Melford' below.
13. The issue of 'town' status is summarised in M. Carter, Town or urban society? St Ives in Huntingdonshire, 1630-1740' in Phythian-Adams ed, Societies, culture and kinship, 77-84. The St. Ives population is estimated at under 1,200 in 1642 and 1,800 in 1674.
14. Suffolk Record Office, Bury St. Edmunds, (hereafter SROB) FL509/3/15, FL509/3/16.
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20. Wright, 'A guide to Easter books part II', 17-27.
21. At the time this work was undertaken the reconstitution extended from the mid-sixteenth century to 1730; it currently extends to around 1800.
22. Wright,'A guide to Easter books', 25-6.
23. SROB, FL509/3/15, in his accounts for 1671/2,1672/3,1673/4.
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27. P. Clark and D. Souden eds, Migration and society in early modern England, (London, 1987), introduction, 24-6, 30-1; Laslett, Family life and illicit love in earlier generations, (Cambridge, 1977), 72-3.
28. P. Clark and D. Souden eds, Migration and society in early modern England, (London, 1987), introduction, 24-6, 30-1; Laslett, Family life and illicit love in earlier generations, (Cambridge, 1977), 72-3.
29. The Melford records include details of 49 pauper apprenticeships of Melford children between 1663-1700. Forty-five per cent of the masters lived in Melford. Another 30 per cent lived in parishes bordering Melford. SROB FL509/7/15. Henry French's analysis of the Sudbury Coquet Books between 1656-95 shows that 53 per cent of Sudbury apprentices were from that town, 7 per cent from Melford; H.R. French, 'Chief Inhabitants and their areas of influence: local ruling groups in Essex and Suffolk parishes, 1630-1720', (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993). Laslett mentions young people leaving home and returning in his analysis of the Cogenhoe records: Laslett, Family life and illicit love, 74.
30. The Melford records include details of 49 pauper apprenticeships of Melford children between 1663-1700. Forty-five per cent of the masters lived in Melford. Another 30 per cent lived in parishes bordering Melford. SROB FL509/7/15. Henry French's analysis of the Sudbury Coquet Books between 1656-95 shows that 53 per cent of Sudbury apprentices were from that town, 7 per cent from Melford; H.R. French, 'Chief Inhabitants and their areas of influence: local ruling groups in Essex and Suffolk parishes, 1630-1720', (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993). Laslett mentions young people leaving home and returning in his analysis of the Cogenhoe records: Laslett, Family life and illicit love, 74.
31. Wrigley and Schofield in The Population history of England, 1541-1871: a reconstruction, (London, 1981), 35 and 570 estimated 30.6 per cent and 31.2 per cent for children, but T. Arkell in Surveying the people, 98-102 argued against this, suggesting a range of 29-11 per cent. In general, the larger the proportion of children, the higher the mean household size was.
32. Wrigley and Schofield in The Population history of England, 1541-1871: a reconstruction, (London, 1981), 35 and 570 estimated 30.6 per cent and 31.2 per cent for children, but T. Arkell in Surveying the people, 98-102 argued against this, suggesting a range of 29-11 per cent. In general, the larger the proportion of children, the higher the mean household size was.
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37. There are 32 servants listed but not named in the 1676 Easter Offerng lists, others are named.
38. Amongst these 63 there were just 4 married couples; the vast majority are likely to have been servants. Another 3 people had been buried before 1684.
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