It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

An article by Janet Senior. Archivist and author of The Markenfields of Markenfield Hall. There were at least seven children [four sons and three daughters] from the marriage between the second Thomas Markenfield and Beatrice Soothill in the 14th century. One of their daughters was Elizabeth Markenfield born around 1403. In 1415 a contract wasContinue reading “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”