Category Archives: customs and tradiitons

Succession or Stipulation – Inheritance Questions from a Reader

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

QUESTION FROM A READER: I have read in some stories where a gentleman is made a peer through the death of the title holder. A will is then produced indicating that in order to keep the fortune and lands the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Holidays During the Regency Era

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Often, I am asked what might people of the Regency Era celebrate during the year. Now, these are some of the ones I know, though I cannot speak to the types of celebrations for all. Many were related to the … Continue reading →

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Dealing With the Mentally Incompetent During the Regency Era was a Case of “Who Has the Money?”

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

When one’s King is considered mentally ill, one might think there was be some sympathy for the populace, but there assuredly was not. First, let us look to King George III. King George III was subject to periods of mental … Continue reading →

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Use of the Word “Dowager” During the Regency Era

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the Regency, the word dowager was used in newspapers, letters, the Gazette,  and on letters. One was never addressed as a “Dowager.” One does not say, “Good day, Dowager Countess.” The woman is simply addressed as a “Lady So-and-So.” … Continue reading →

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Fashion, Flirting, and Fundamental Views with the 18th-Century Fan, a Guest Post from Linné Elizabeth + the Release of “Crime and Culpability: A Jane Austen Mystery Anthology”

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

How do you communicate without saying a word? Today, most people agree that text messages or messenger apps check that box. Lacking this tech in the 18th and 19th centuries, men and women resorted to more creative options. Parasols, postage … Continue reading →

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Life Below Stairs: Compensation Beyond Salary for Work Done

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Despite the sometimes less than desirable conditions under which many of those below stairs endured in service, there were other compensations. Servants learned their deference. They were “invisible,” while remaining upon display throughout most of their work days. As such, … Continue reading →

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Life Below Stairs – Part I – Compensations and Obligations

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

With the popularity of Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, the populace has become more aware of the British servant class. So what do we know of those who lived “below stairs”? First, rank and precedence ruled those of the servant … Continue reading →

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Gretna Green: The “Las Vegas” Marriage Destination of the Regency Period

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Scottish Elopements and the Marriage Act of 1753 “An Act for Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage,” popularly known as Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act (1753), was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. … Continue reading →

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Catholic and Protestants Marrying + “Lord Fearghal’s English Bride” + a Giveaway of “Regency Summer Weddings” Anthology

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Book Blurb: HERS WAS A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT  Lady Claire Waterstone has spent more years out of England than she has enjoying English society. In fact, she feels very odd in making her Come Out with girls four to five years … Continue reading →

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June ~ the Month of Love and Marriage: Marriage by Proxy, Possible or Myth?

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

When the Hardwick Act for the Prevention of Clandestine Marriages went into effect in March of 1754, the rules for marrying in England changed dramatically. Prior to that time, all the couple had to do was to pronounce their vows before a clergyman of the Church of England. Heck, it did not even have to be one’s local clergyman or even one’s local church. In fact, the Fleet Street prison saw quite a few marriages in those days Continue reading →

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