tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post871455896332461806..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Quickie Divorce the Medieval Way by Karen MaitlandMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89214189824448823382019-05-20T21:28:48.941+01:002019-05-20T21:28:48.941+01:00Interesting! This could possibly be my Great Great...Interesting! This could possibly be my Great Great Grandfather was this George Wray also a Lincolnshire singer with Percy Granger ? Anyone out there know ,I would love to hear from any relatives Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188206472662754517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50552134152959212712012-11-09T10:00:59.933+00:002012-11-09T10:00:59.933+00:00Interesing post Karen. I have an ancestor who immi...Interesing post Karen. I have an ancestor who immigrated to Australia as a free settler in early penal times, ie 1801. and Shortly thereafter, it was reported that he "sold" his wife for a black pig, and some other items to a farmer in the nearby area, where she had been working as a housekeeper. This explains this to me, and puts a new slant as to why he "sold" her! Basically I can insert "poor man's divorce" in place of the work 'sold'. Can't thank you enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44748376814849525272012-11-08T22:13:12.132+00:002012-11-08T22:13:12.132+00:00If a wife was sold, what happened to any children?...If a wife was sold, what happened to any children?Debbie Watleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20399182952250691632012-11-08T14:52:20.989+00:002012-11-08T14:52:20.989+00:00This is SO interesting, Karen. Thank you. I think ...This is SO interesting, Karen. Thank you. I think the handfasting thing is quite sensible in its way. Trial marriage, almost! Nothing new under the sun! And as for the flitch of bacon...well! :)adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59852344974639635022012-11-08T09:16:58.463+00:002012-11-08T09:16:58.463+00:00Fascinating Karen, thanks. 'Sold in the usual ...Fascinating Karen, thanks. 'Sold in the usual way' like livestock or chattels sounds fairly unsavoury to modern ears! (Thought of Cold Comfort Farm as farming textbook made me laugh out loud.)Jane Borodalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869783602793206715noreply@blogger.com