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THE ORIGINS OF THE CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Thebooktakesadetailedlookatwhenthe‘consumerrevolution’began,tracing its evolution from the years following the Black Death through to the nineteenth century. In doing so, it also considers which social classes were included, and how differentareasofthecountrywereaffectedatdifferenttimes,examiningthesignifi- cant role that location played in the development of consumption. This new study is based upon the largest database of English probate records yet assembled, which has been used in conjunction with a range of other sources to offer a broad and detailed chronological approach. Filling in the gaps within previous research, it examines changing patterns in relation to food and drink, clothing, household fur- nishings and religion, focussing on the goods themselves to illuminate items in commonownership,ratherthanthoseownedonlybytheelite. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence to explore the development of consumption, The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England will be of great use and interest to scholars and students of late medieval and early modern economic and social history, with an interest in the development of consumerism in England. Joanne Sear teaches a range of local history courses at the Institute of Continu- ing Education, University of Cambridge. Her research focusses on consumption and trade in the Middle Ages and she is currently working on a volume on the manorial records of late medieval Newmarket. Ken Sneath lectures in early modern history at the University of Cambridge and was formerly Assistant Director of Studies for Economic History at Peter- house College. Ken has published articles on consumption and is a contributor to the forthcoming volume on the Huntingdonshire Hearth Tax. Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History Series Editor: Natasha Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University. This is a brand new series which straddles both medieval and early modern worlds, encouraging readers to examine historical change over time as well as promoting understanding of the historical continuity between events in the past, and to challenge perceptions of periodisation. It aims to meet the demand for conceptual or thematic topics which cross a relatively wide chronological span (any period between c. 500-1750), including a broad geographical scope. 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CONTENTS Listofimages vii Listoffigures ix Listofmaps x Listoftables xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xiv Introduction 1 1 Theconsumerrevolution 4 2 Sourcesandtheirinterpretation 26 3 Foodanddrink 64 4 Clothing 101 5 Thehomeenvironment 130 6 Religiousconsumption 182 7 Whenandwheredidtheconsumerrevolutiontakeplace? 204 vi Contents 8 Socialgroups 230 9 Whobenefitedfromrevolution? 273 10 Conclusions 299 Appendix 309 Glossary 312 Index 315 IMAGES 2.1 BodseyHouse,Ramsey,ownedbyMarcDescowin1686 32 3.1 Medievalcookingpot 72 3.2 Skillet 73 3.3 Basketry 76 3.4 KnifeandforkfromGodmanchester 78 3.5 Sixteenth-centurymazerwithsilver-giltornamentalmountanda centralbossbearingthesacredmonogramIHC 82 3.6 Teaandcoffeeutensils:a)Creamware1760–70(Leeds); b)Creamwareteacaddy(Staffordshire);c)Creamware1763 (Staffordshire);d)Coffeepot1769–70(Cookworthy) 91 5.1 Wallpainting,Godmanchester,c.1620 131 5.2 Beds:a)parlourchamber(imagecourtesyofFordGreenHall, Stoke);b)reconstructedseventeenth-centurybed(imagecourtesy oftheWealdandDownlandMuseum);c)atrundlebedundera testerbedwithhangingcurtains(imagecourtesyoftheWealdand DownlandMuseum);d)cradle(imagecourtesyofFordGreen Hall,Stoke). 134 5.3 Medievaltable 138 5.4 Chairsandstool 140 5.5 Presscupboard 141 5.6 Replicaofaboardedchest 143 5.7 PewtertablewarefromPendeanfarmhouse 144 5.8 Seventeenth-centurysilverspoonmadebyThomasPunchard 149 5.9 Seventeenth-centuryBiblebox 152 5.10 Clocks:a)unconvertedweight-driveneighteenth-centuryEnglish lanternclockbyJohnMaynardofLongMelfordinSuffolk (imagecourtesyofAlamy);b)longcaseclock(imagecourtesyof theClockmakers’Museum);c)bracketclock(imagecourtesyof FordGreenHall,Stoke). 157 viii Images 5.11 Windowshutters 160 5.12 Mirrors:a)latemedievalmirrororlightreflector(imagecourtesy ofandreproducedwithkindpermissionoftheMetropolitan MuseumofArt,NewYork©TheMetropolitanMuseum); b)eighteenth-centurymirror(imagecourtesyofthe MuseumofCambridge) 161 5.13 Rushlightholderwithacandle 166 5.14 Lantern 167 5.15 Warmingpan 168 5.16 Claypipes 171 6.1 HolyTrinityChurch,LongMelford,Suffolksubstantiallyrebuilt inthefifteenthcentury.Namesofmainbenefactorsarepickedout intheflintandlimestoneflushworkonthechurch. 184 6.2 Memorialbrassofaciviliandatedc.1520 185 6.3 a)AlabasterpanelwithheadofStJohntheBaptist,dateunknown (imagebycourtesyandreproducedbykindpermissionofthe SalisburyMuseum©TheSalisburyMuseum);b)incomplete medievallead-alloypilgrimampulla,c.1300–1500 187 6.4 GravestoneofWilliamBandol,1613 197 6.5 GravestoneofRobertVinter,1723 198 8.1 Yeoman’sfarmhouse,Midhurst,1609 247 8.2 Seventeenth-centurylabourer’scottage 251
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