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Anne Orthwood's bastard : sex and law in early Virginia / John Ruston Pagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pagan, John Ruston.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Orthwood, Anne.
- Kendall, John, active 1663--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Kendall, John.
- Sex and law--Virginia--History--17th century.
- Sex and law.
- Illegitimacy--Virginia--History--17th century.
- Illegitimacy.
- Physical Description:
- 222 p. : map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved, Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law, and contends that Virginia leaders skilfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Anne Orthwood, Indentured Servant
- 2 William Kendall, Parvenu
- 3 William Waters, Gentleman
- 4 John Stringer, Presiding Justice
- 5 Robert Hutchinson, Clerk of Court
- 6 Eleanor Gething, Midwife
- 7 John Waterson, Trial Jury Foreman
- 8 John Kendall, Putative Father
- 9 John Stockley, Grand Jury Foreman
- 10 Jasper Orthwood, Free Man
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-211) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60256-452-3
- 9786612367366
- 1-4237-3532-3
- 0-19-988177-4
- 1-280-53529-6
- 1-282-36736-6
- 9786610535293
- 0-19-803306-0
- OCLC:
- 936913621
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