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Could an Earldom Pass Through the Female Line?

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader: Could an earldom pass through the female line? Let us say an earl dies and he has no living sons remaining and there are no grandsons, could the earldom pass to his eldest daughter? Answer: Could … Continue reading →

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Were There Any Requirements for Those of Age to Elope to France?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader/Author: Is there any other reasons besides age when a couple was considering elopement during the Regency Era? I mean, if they were both twenty-one or older, were there other restrictions? Would they still require a parent’s … Continue reading →

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Easter Through the Georgian/Regency Era and the Earlier Victorian Era

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

One must recall, especially this year when Easter feels like it is so late, that Easter, unlike Christmas which falls on the same date each year, as a “moveable feast,” the date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as computus … Continue reading →

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Examining the Character of John Willoughby in Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

John Willoughby is one of Dashwood family’s country neighbors in Devon in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, but what do we know of the character. He and Sir John Middleton serve as bookends in the country society.  Willoughby literally sweeps Marianne … Continue reading →

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Pounds, Shillings, Pence, and Guineas: Understanding British Currency Used in the 19th Century

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Okay, I admit it. When it comes to understanding the British system of currency in the books I read, even I am sometimes confused. So, I set out to learn more of the currency.  The common currency was created in … 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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Life Below Stairs: Rising with the Sun in Victorian England, Part II

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Recently, we had a look at breakfast chores for servants in a Victorian household. See it HERE. Today, we carry on with other duties.  About a half hour after the household staff consumed their meager meal, the family was summoned … Continue reading →

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Life Below Stairs – The Expense of Keeping Servants

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

The landed aristocrats were VERY slow to give up the expenses of an extensive household staff. We saw that “plot” being used in the final season of Downton Abbey. It is said that the sixth Duke of Portland employed some … Continue reading →

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Georgian Era Lexicon – We’re Coming to the End – X, Y, and Z

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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Eloping During the Regency and What the Code Napoleon Said About It

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Almost every Regency era romance writer has written at least one scene where the hero and heroine elope, racing to Scotland and a place such as Gretna Green. Yet, when one sets the elopement could change the pair’s destination. What … Continue reading →

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