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Pauper inventories were made by poor law officials to record the possessions that people on poor relief owned. These inventories have been known to exist for decades, yet they are notoriously difficult to find and have been under-utilised by generations of historians.
For the first time, this book contains transcriptions of 230 pauper inventories from Norfolk. The sources are fully contextualised and indexed, alongside four comprehensive chapters which outline the source's importance and usefulness to readers. Pauper inventories are powerful documents which reveal new insights into the living conditions of the destitute and show that being poor did not necessarily equate to owning very little. The sources will be of use to economic, social and cultural historians who study a wide range of topics including consumption, material culture, production, everyday life, poverty and welfare.
Contents
List of figures and maps
Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Pauper inventories as a historical source
The context and practice of making pauper inventories
Legality of the practice
Parish motives to make pauper inventories
Conclusion
The sample of Norfolk inventories
The sample
Geographical and socio-economic distribution of pauper inventories
Chronological distribution of pauper inventories
Types of paupers whose goods were inventoried
Conclusion
The structure and content pauper inventories
Layout and format
Representativeness of items recorded in pauper inventories
Usefulness of pauper inventories for studying material life
Conclusion
Transcription conventions and editorial principles
Pauper inventories
Ashwellthorpe
Besthorpe
Bressingham
Brockdish
Bunwell
Carbrooke
Cawston
Forncett St. Peter
Gissing
Hapton
East Harling
West Harling
Hilgay
Hingham
Holme-next-the-Sea
Hopton
Horningtoft
Ingworth
Letton
Loddon
Martham
Great Moulton with Little Moulton
Norwich, St. Mary in the Marsh
Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell
Shelton
Shimpling
Shipdham
Stratton St. Mary
Surlingham
Tharston
Trowse
Wighton
Winfarthing
Yelverton with Alpington
Appendices
Appendix 1: List of pauper inventories by settlement
Appendix 2: List of pauper inventories by surname
Appendix 3: List of pauper inventories by date
Glossary of inventory terms
Primary sources
Bibliography
