[MR] Late period History..

[Craig Levin]

> Forwarded by request
> 
> james
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> >From: Pat della Piana <patdellapiana at yahoo.com>
> >To: Jessica Mikell <baronessbeatrice at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Need a bit of help with history....
> >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:39:46 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >So I thought I would turn to you, since you really do have a wealth of 
> >knowledge of the the time period I'm presently researching. I have a man, 
> >born 1550 in Dorset, England. His name is David Whitmarsh, but his name 
> >also appears as Whitmarke, Whitmarcke, Whytemark and Whitmarsk. He marries 
> >in 1594, seemingly for the first time, to a lady who is not named at this 
> >time. In 1595, they have their first child, a son, named John, who will 
> >marry, have children, emigrate to America and die by 1644. Our David will 
> >die at the age of 73, in 1623. He and his wife probably had several other 
> >children, but I have no information about that at the moment. What I'm most 
> >interested in is what kind of world David was born into, lived in and died 
> >in. What might his life have been like? I have no idea what his occupation 
> >was, and that limits the details I can add to his life, but there are 
> >matters like daily living, politics, and even why would a man wait til he 
> >was 44 years old to marry?
> >
> >If you have knowledge of anyone in the kingdom who plays a man of the 
> >mid-16th century in lower England (Weymouth, to be exact), could you put me 
> >in touch with him? Perhaps he would be able to supply what detail you and I 
> >can't iron out.

I don't have that persona, but I would imagine that research in
that area might be aided by the perusal of the following:

Tillyard's Elizabethan World Picture
Elton's England Under the Tudors
Wilson's Life in Shakespeare's England

Pedro