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MPClark
Northern CA near Berkeley
physician, lepidopterist, failed guitarist, dad, cyclist
Interests: History, Statistics, food, travel, family
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Love the podcast!- and I'm a first-time commenter.
Question: it seems to me that because of the exigencies of male-preference primogeniture, and the violent and pestilential conditions of life in these middle ages, many of the great and not- so- great families- as political and land-owning entities- lasted only a few generations. Were any of the families that you mention here still around by Elizabeth I's time? The Nevilles perhaps (they were fecund)?
How long before the average "line" petered out?
Commented Feb 7, 2016 on Some Major Families in 1450 at The History of England
Some Major Families in 1450
This is an attempt to give you a brief summary of the major families outside of the main antagonists, York and Lancaster, and where they stood at the start of the Wars of the Roses in 1450; and some links so that you can do a bit more digging if you'd like, and don't mind plot spoilers! Worth lo...
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