The Gentleman's Daughter

by Amanda Vickery

  and child care no, (i)

  and childhood illnesses (i)

  and consumption (i), (ii), (iii)

  and dress (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and Elizabeth Sharkleton (i), (ii)

  and housekeeping (i), (ii)

  and infant feeding (i), (ii), (iii)

  marriage (i), (ii), (iii)

  and pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and public life (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  and reading (i), (ii)

  and trials (i)

  Ramsden, William (i)

  on card-playing (i)

  and childhood illnesses (i), (ii)

  on civility 336o

  and consumption (i), (ii)

  and correspondence (i), (ii), (iii)

  on family life (i), (ii)

  and household management (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  on pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii)

  and reading (i)

  Ranelagh Gardens (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and courtship (i), (ii)

  and masquerades (i), (ii)

  rank

  and gender (i)

  and snobbery (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  reading (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  and children (i)

  see also book clubs; newspapers; novels; periodicals

  religion

  and private sphere (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also Anglicanism; Methodism; Quakerism; Roman Catholicism

  reputation

  and courtship (i), (ii)

  and household management (i), (ii)

  and motherhood (i)

  and public life (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  research, design and sources (i)

  resignation (i), (ii), (iii)

  and bereavement (i), (ii)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  responsibility

  of housekeeper (i), (ii)

  in marriage (i), (ii)

  and women (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  retail trade

  and gentility (i)

  reliance on (i)

  and women (i), (ii)

  reticence, as rhetorical device (i)

  Reynolds, B. (i), (ii)

  Reynolds, Elizabeth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Ribeiro, Aileen (i)

  Richardson, Samuel (i), (ii)

  and bereavement (i)

  and civility (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and motherhood (i), (ii), (iii)

  and public life (i), (ii), (iii)

  riding (i), (ii), (iii)

  ridotto (i), (ii), (iii)

  al fresco (i), (ii)

  Ridsdale, Mrs D. (i), (ii), (iii)

  rituals of childbirth (i), (ii)

  roads (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also turnpikes

  Robbins, Anne Eliza (i), (ii)

  and child care (i)

  and education of children (i)

  and grief (i), (ii)

  and infant feeding (i)

  and pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii), (iii)

  and shopping (i)

  Robbins, Robert (i)

  Robinson, Elizabeth (i)

  Rochdale, and textile manufacture (i)

  Roche, Daniel (i)

  Rockmgham, Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis (i)

  Roefield, Clitheroe (i), (ii), (iii)

  Rogers, Nicholas (i)

  Roman Catholicism (i), (ii)

  romanticism

  and courtship and marriage (i), (ii), (iii)

  and love (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and motherhood (i)

  Roper, Lyndal (i)

  Rothman, Ellen (i)

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (i), (ii), (iii)

  routs (i)

  Rowe, Elizabeth Singer (i)

  rural retirement (i)

  Ruskin, John (i)

  Russell, Gillian (i)

  Sagar family (i), (ii), (iii)

  Sagar, Oates (i)

  Sagar, William (i)

  St Clare, William (the elder) (i), (ii), (iii)

  and death of children (i)

  St Clare, William (the younger) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and treatment of pregnancy (i)

  sauciness, female (i), (ii)

  Savile, George (i)

  Saville, Sir George (i)

  Scarborough (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Scarborough, Lord (i)

  Schofield, R. (i)

  Sclater, Robert (i)

  Scrimshire, Deborah (i), (ii), (iii)

  Scrimshire, Jane (i), (ii)

  and card-playing (i)

  and child care (i)

  and childhood illnesses (i)

  and consumption (i), (ii)

  and dress (i), (ii)

  and housekeeping (i)

  and infant feeding (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii)

  and pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and public life (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and reading (i), (ii)

  and servants (i), (ii)

  and sport (i)

  and visiting (i)

  Scrimshire, Michael (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  seamstresses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  seaside resorts (i), (ii), (iii)

  season

  London (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  provincial (i), (ii), (iii)

  Seedall, G. (i)

  Seleski, P. (i)

  self-control, male (i), (ii)

  sensibility, literature of (i), (ii), (iii)

  separation

  informal (i)

  legal (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  private deeds of (i)

  sermons, and female domesticity (i)

  servants

  acquisition of (i), (ii), (iii)

  attitudes to employers (i)

  and authority of women (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  casual (i), (ii)

  clothes (i), (ii), (iii)

  employers' dependence on (i)

  eye-service (i), (ii)

  favoured (i), (ii), (iii)

  female (i), (ii), (iii)

  gifts to (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  hierarchy (i), (ii)

  independence of (i), (ii)

  and information networks (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  lengths of tenure (i), (ii), (iii)

  livery (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  male (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  mistress-servant relationship (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and moral conduct (i), (ii)

  numbers (i)

  and references (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  tax on (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  wages (i), (ii), (iii)

  work roles (i)

  see also cooks; maids; nursery maids; vails

  settlements, marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  sewing (i), (ii)

  and mending (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  see also seamstresses

  sexuality

  in Augustan literature (i)

  lack of recorded comment on (i)

  and physical intimacy in marriage (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also chastity

  Shackleton, Christopher (i), (ii)

  Shackleton, Elizabeth (née Parker)

  acquaintances (i)

  and aristocracy (i)

  and card-playing (i)

  and civility (i), (ii), (iii)

  and consumption (i), (ii)

  death (i)

  diaries and memorandum books (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  and dress (i), (ii), (iii)

  and dress (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and food processing (i)

  and food production (i)


  and hospitality (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and housekeeping (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  infant feeding (i)

  kin (i), (ii), (iii)

  letters (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and marriage (i)

  marriage to John Shackleton (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and material culture (i), (ii)

  and medicine production (i), (ii), (iii)

  neighbourhood networks (i), (ii)

  and pregnancy and childbirth (i), (ii)

  and print culture (i), (ii), (iii)

  and public life (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and public spirit (i)

  and religion (i), (ii)

  and servants (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  and sociability (i), (ii), (iii)

  and social networks (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and sport (i), (ii), (iii)

  and tourism (i)

  see also Parker, Elizabeth

  Shackleton, John (i)

  and consumption (i), (ii)

  drunkenness (i), (ii), (iii)

  and hospitality (i), (ii)

  marriage to Elizabeth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  material culture (i)

  and sea bathing (i), (ii)

  and sociability (i), (ii), (iii)

  and sport (i)

  as turnpike trustee (i), (ii), (iii)

  and woollen manufacture (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Shakespeare Ladies Club (i)

  Sharpnell, W. E. (i)

  Shevelow, K. (i)

  shooting (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  shopping

  as cultural pursuit (i), (ii)

  as employment (i), (ii)

  and female consumer (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and male consumer (i), (ii)

  shops

  London (i)

  provincial (i)

  as public space (i)

  Siddons, Sarah (i), (ii), (iii)

  sincerity, m courtship (i), (ii), (iii)

  Sitwell, Francis (i)

  Slater, M. (i)

  Smail, John (i), (ii)

  smallpox (i), (ii), (iii)

  Smith, John Raphael, Chalybeate Well (i)

  Smith, Lucy (servant) (i), (ii), (iii)

  Smith, Miss (i)

  Smith, Susy (servant) (i), (ii)

  smoking (i), (ii)

  Smollett, Tobias (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  snobbery, and rank (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  soap-makers (i), (ii)

  sociability (i), (ii)

  and acceptance (i)

  alehouse (i), (ii), (iii)

  and children (i)

  and gift–givmg (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  heterosociality

  and childbirth (i)

  home-based (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  public (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  homosociality

  home-based (i), (ii), (iii)

  public (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and kin (i), (ii), (iii)

  promiscuous (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and public/private spheres (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  select (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also assemblies; conversation; hospitality; land and trade; meals; politeness; visiting

  societies see book clubs; conversation, clubs; debating societies; friendly societies

  sons (i), (ii)

  preference for (i), (ii)

  soul-searching, lack of (i)

  Southouse, Edward (i)

  Southouse, Henry Kynaston (i)

  Southouse, Jane (i)

  Southouse, Mary (i)

  Southouse, Sam (i)

  spas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Spectator (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Spencer, Anne see Stanhope, Anne (née Spencer)

  Spencer, John (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  spinsters

  and marriage (i), (ii)

  and material culture (i)

  status (i), (ii), (iii)

  sport (i)

  and men (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  and women (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also bullbaiting; cockfighting; fishing; hunting; shooting; sociability

  Standen Hall, Clitheroe (i), (ii), (iii)

  Standish, Ralph (i), (ii), (iii)

  Stanhope, Anne (née Spencer) (i)

  and childbirth (i)

  and childhood illness (i)

  and education (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii)

  and servants (i)

  and use of wet-nurse (i)

  Stanhope, Barbara (i)

  and childlessness (i), (ii)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii)

  and medicine production (i)

  and seaside resorts (i)

  Stanhope family, correspondence network (i), (ii)

  Stanhope, John (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Stanhope, Mary (i)

  Stanhope, Walter (i)

  on childbirth (i), (ii)

  and death of children (i)

  and household management (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Stanhope, Walter Spencer (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Starkie, Bertha (i)

  Starkie, Edmund (i)

  Starkie family (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Starkie, LeGendre (i), (ii), (iii)

  Starkie, Nicholas (i)

  Starkie, Pierce (i)

  states of mind see frustration; grief; melancholy; pride; resignation

  Steele, Richard (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Stirling, Thomas (i), (ii)

  Stock, Aaron (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Stock, Ellen (née Weeton) (i)

  and child care (i)

  and childbirth (i)

  and civility (i)

  and consumption (i)

  and dress (i)

  and infant feeding (i), (ii)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and public life (i)

  and sea bathing (i)

  Stock, Mary (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  stoicism

  female (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  male (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and politeness (i), (ii)

  Stone, J. Fawtier (i)

  Stone, Lawrence (i), (ii), (iii)

  and hospitality (i)

  and marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and motherhood (i), (ii)

  Stone, Sarah (i)

  Stout, Josias (i), (ii)

  Stout, William (i), (ii)

  streets, as public space (i)

  submissiveness, female (i)

  abandonment (i)

  in marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  to fate (i), (ii)

  see also petitioning, female

  subordination, female see submissiveness

  Summers, Anne (i)

  supper (i), (ii), (iii)

  parties (i)

  Swinglehurst, John Parker (i)

  tableware, polite (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  tailors (i), (ii), (iii)

  Talbot, Catherine (i)

  taste, and emulation (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Tate, Wilkinson (i), (ii)

  Tatham, Sarah (i), (ii)

  and public life (i)

  and servants (i)

  Tatler (i), (ii), (iii)

  taxation, on servants (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Taylor, Marthae (i)

  tea (i)

  and female sociability (i)

  and hospitality (i), (ii), (iii)

  servants' allowances for (i)

  teasets see tableware, polite

  tea merchants (i)

  tea parties (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  teachers, and gentry (i), (ii)

  tears, empire of tears (i)


  Tennant, John (i)

  textile manufacture (i)

  and employment opportunities (i)

  and female involvement (i), (ii)

  see also cotton manufacturers; linen, manufacture; worsted manufacturers

  textiles see linen; wool

  theatres (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and fashion (i)

  London (i), (ii)

  provincial (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  as public space (i), (ii), (iii)

  theatricals, private (i)

  Thompson, E. P. (i), (ii), (iii)

  Thorp Arch Hall, Wharfdale (i), (ii)

  Thrale, Hester (i), (ii)

  Times, The (i), (ii)

  Tories

  and hospitality (i)

  and Parker family (i)

  Toulson family (i), (ii)

  Toulson, John see Parker (Toulson), John

  tourism, cultural (i), (ii)

  Townley, Charles (i)

  Townley, Edmund (i)

  Townley, Edward (i)

  Townley family (of Royle) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Townley family (of Townley) (i)

  Townley, Richard (i)

  Townley, Thomas (i), (ii)

  trade

  female (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also land and trade; retail trade

  trials, as public spectacle (i), (ii)

  Trumbach, R. (i)

  Tucker, Josiah (i)

  turnpike trustees (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and property qualification (i), (ii)

  turnpikes (i), (ii), (iii)

  Blue Bell turnpike (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Tyers, Jonathan (i)

  tyranny

  as Egyptian bondage (i), (ii)

  and female defiance (i)

  and male abuses (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ulrich, Laurel (i), (ii)

  urbanization, and cultural institutions (i), (ii)

  Urner, Nathan D. (i)

  vaccination, against smallpox (i)

  vails (i)

  vanity and conceit, and women (i), (ii)

  Vauxhall Gardens (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  and masquerades (i)

  Veblen, Thorstein (i), (ii)

  violence

  against children (i)

  against servants (i), (ii)

  in marriage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and power see authority; patriarchy

  virtues, female (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  see also duty; resignation

  visiting (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  charitable (i)

  and child care (i), (ii)

  duty (i)

  excessive (i)

  as mixed-sex activity (i)

  vulgarity

  accusations of (i), (ii)

  female (i)

  male (i), (ii), (iii)

  and politeness (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Waddington, Alice (i)

  wages, servants (i), (ii), (iii)

  Walker, Fanny (i), (ii)

  walks (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  see also promenades

  Walmsley, R. (i)

  Walpole, Robert (i)

  Walton, Ambrose (i), (ii)

  Walton, Banastre (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Walton family (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)