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'Set all things in a perfect order' -- Case studies -- Duchy, palatinate, and courts in Lancashire -- 'His own father was the cause of his trouble' -- Rishton family histories -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : church kirk, 1536 -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : Blackburn and Church Kirk, 1542-3 -- Roger Rishton's conflicts : Duckworth Moor and Church Kirk, 1555 -- More conflicts -- Resolutions -- 'God have mercy of thy soul, wife of Ralph Rishton' -- Ellen Towneley -- Elizabeth Parker -- Lancashire child marriage -- 'In fancy and love with Ann Stanley' -- John Rishton -- Ann Stanley -- Law's stories : plaintiffs and defendants -- Law's stories : deponents -- Law's stories : reading depositions -- 'I will keep him in suit' -- Litigation : marriage -- Estate settlements -- Litigation : property -- Equity, conscience, law -- 'It would be a pity not to complete the history' -- Later Rishtons and religion -- The afterlife of the Rishton stories : antiquaries -- The afterlife of the Rishton stories : newspapers -- Retrospection. |
