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Showing posts with label Georgian England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgian England. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN A COURTESAN and HER PATRON IN THE LATE 1700's

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Is 'patron' the right word to use when describing a person who provides financial support to another in a non-marital contract which...
Monday, July 22, 2024

SOPHIA BADDELEY : DESERTED BY A ROGUE SHE FELL FOR, SHE BECAME THE SOLE SUPPORT OF THREE CHILDREN.

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Stephen Sayer was one of the Sheriffs of the City of London, a politician who was not an aristocrat or a noble.  Mrs. Steele, Sophia's f...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

SOPHIA BADDELEY: DISCONNECTED FROM THE REALITIES OF SPENDING AND TOOK ON MULTIPLE LOVERS ASIDE OF LORD MELBOURNE

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Missy here!  Lord Melbourne continued to be Sophia's keeper, without any legal contract, generous but not obligated, and then slowly wit...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

LEGAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN COURTESANS and THE MEN WHO PROVIDED RICHES

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Missy here:  As I read these passages,  I thought how it seems to me so few women today realize their worth and are willing and able to nego...
Monday, July 8, 2024

READ THE MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA BADDELEY BY HER FRIEND MRS. ELIZABETH STEELE ON INTERNET ARCHIVE (CIRCA 1796)

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INTERNET ARCHIVE.ORG MEMOIR OF SOPHIA BADDELEY - by ELIZABETH STEELE   Full title : The memoirs of Mrs. Sophia Baddeley, late of Drury Lane...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

ACTRESS SOPHIA BADDELEY WAS SLOW TO ACCEPT FINANCIAL OFFERS CONSIDERING HER OWN IMPRESSIVE INCOME FROM ACTING AND SINGING

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We continue with our book review-report... The first man to take on Sophia Baddeley was married, Lord Molyneux. Still edging into the courte...