Women of fortune: money, marriage and murder in early modern England

'The great man of Buckinghamshire' the Lord Mayor, the benefactor, and the moneylender : the Bennets

'My personal estate which God of his infinite goodness hath lent me' the grocer's apprentice : the Morewoods

'The £30,000 widow' and Kensington house : the Finches, the Cliftons, and the Conways

'I was never one of fortune's darlings' city and country : the Gresleys

'One of the greatest fortunes in England' : money, marriage and mobility : the Bennet heiresses

'The most sordid person that ever lived' : the murder of Grace Bennet

'The Countess of Salisbury who loved travelling' from Hatfield House to the grand tour : the Earl and Countess of Salisbury

'A seventh son and beau major shall gain my Lady Salisbury' courting the countess : George Jocelyn

'Diverse great troubles and misfortunes' losing a fortune : John and Grace Bennet

'Fortune's darlings' single women in Hanoverian London : the Dowager Countess of Salisbury and Grace Bennet.