Section 4 of 6
Brought In
Dowry, chest and inventory — what each side arrived with.
Entries in this section3 entries
- 4.1What the chest heldA dowry chest was an inventory as much as a container: linen counted, listed and sometimes valued, because it might have to be returned.
- 4.2The inventory, and who held itWhether property brought in stayed the bringer's or passed to the household differed by jurisdiction and decided a great deal about what happened later.
- 4.3Linen counted by the dozenHousehold textiles as the main storable wealth of an ordinary house.
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