713:, often due to annuities chargeable on the estate payable to the patriarch's widow and younger children, where the patriarch was swayed by sentiment not to establish a strict concentration of all his wealth in his heir leaving his other beloved relatives destitute. Frequently in such cases the generosity of the settlor left the entailed estate as an uneconomical enterprise, especially during times when the estate's fluctuating agricultural income had to provide for fixed sum annuities. Such impoverished tenants-in-possession were unable to realise in cash any part of their land or even to offer the property as security for a loan, to pay such annuities, unless sanctioned by private Act of Parliament allowing such sale, which expensive and time-consuming mechanism was frequently resorted to. The
1237:. Had Mr. Bennet fathered a son it would have passed to him, but since he did not it could not pass to any of his five daughters. Instead, the next nearest male heir would inherit the property—Mr. Bennet's cousin, William Collins, a boorish minister in his mid-twenties. The inheritance of the Longbourn property completely excluded the five Bennet daughters, who were thus to lose their home and income upon their father's death. The need for the daughters to make a good marriage to ensure their future security is a key motivation for many episodes in the novel. Many fees tail arose from wills, rather than from marriage settlements which usually made some provision for daughters. Austen was very familiar with the law of entail; her brother, Edward, had inherited similarly entailed estates at
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the same time making provision for annuities chargeable on the estate for the father's widow, daughters and younger sons, and most importantly, and as an incentive for the son to participate in the re-settlement, an income for the son during his father's lifetime. This process effectively evaded the law against perpetuities, as the entail in law had been terminated, but in practice continued. In this way an estate could stay in a family for many generations, yet emerged on re-settlement often fatally weakened, or much more susceptible to agricultural downturns, from the onerous annuities now chargeable on it.
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864:("to A and his heirs") is that the heirs "in tail" must be the children begotten by the landowner. It was also possible to have "fee tail male", which only sons could inherit, and "fee tail female", which only daughters could inherit; and "fee tail special", which had a further condition of inheritance, usually restricting succession to certain "heirs of the body" and excluding others. Land subject to these conditions was said to be "entailed" or "held in-tail", with the restrictions themselves known as
702:, all named Fulk. Such indefinite inalienable land-holdings were soon seen as restrictive on the optimum productive ability of land, which was often converted to deer-parks or pleasure grounds by the wealthy tenant-in-possession, which was damaging to the nation as a whole, and thus laws against perpetuities were enacted, which restricted entails to a maximum number of lives.
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lender, who therefore could not enforce payment of interest on the new tenants-in-possession. The largest estate a possessor in fee tail could convey to someone else was an estate for the term of the grantor's own life. If all went as planned, it was therefore impossible for the succession of patriarchs to lose the land, which was the idea.
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and intellectual strengths of the original great patriarch, often a great warrior, which alone had brought him from obscurity to greatness, he would soon sink again into obscurity, and required wealth to maintain his social standing. This feature of
English gentry and aristocracy differs from the aristocracy which existed in pre-
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France, where all sons of a nobleman inherited his title and were thus inescapably members of a separate noble caste in society. Little-known, France then had one of the lowest ratios of noble families to population, in Europe. The accepted rule was however largely compensated by written or notarized
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to attempt to ensure that the high social standing of the family, as represented by a single patriarch, continued indefinitely. The concentration of the family's wealth into the hands of a single representative was essential to support this process. Unless the heir had himself inherited the personal
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In the 17th and 18th centuries the practice arose whereby when the son came of age (at 21), he and his father acting together could bar the existing fee tail, and could then re-settle the land in fee tail, again on the father for life, then to the son for life and his heirs male successively, but at
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I received your ladyship's letter by which ye willed me to speak with my Lady Coffyn for her title in East
Haggynton in the county of Devon who had one estate in tail to him and to his heirs of her body begotten; and now he is dead without issue of his body so that the reversion should revert to Mr
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Depending on how the original deed or grant was worded, in the event of there being daughters but no sons, all the sisters might inherit jointly, it might pass to the eldest sister, it might be held in trust until one of them should produce a (legitimate) son, or it might pass to the next male-line
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on land in fee tail was risky, since at the death of the tenant-in-possession, his personal estate ceased to have any right to the estate or to the income it generated. The absolute right to the income generated by the estate passed by operation of law to parties who had no legal obligation to the
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Indeed, as a form of trust, whilst the individual trustees may die, replacements are appointed and the trust itself continues, ideally indefinitely. In
England almost seamless successions were made from patriarch to patriarch, the smoothness of which were often enhanced by baptising the eldest son
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The fee tail allowed a patriarch to perpetuate his blood-line, family-name, honour and armorials in the persons of a series of powerful and wealthy male descendants. By keeping his estate intact in the hands of one heir alone, in an ideally indefinite and pre-ordained chain of succession, his own
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Things did not always go as planned, however. Tenants-in-possession of entailed estates occasionally suffered "failure of issue" – that is, they had no legitimate children surviving them at the time of their deaths. In this situation the entailed land devolved to male cousins, i.e., back up and
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Sc. 1734 J. Spotiswood Hope's
Practicks 400: The Custom of tailzying Estates came from Normandy, and the Word Tailzie comes from the French Word tailier, to cut, importing a cutting the ordinary Line of Succession, and giving the Estate to others than those to whom it would have descended by
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A fee tail can still exist in
England and Wales as an equitable interest, behind a strict settlement; the legal estate is vested in the current 'tenant for life' or other person immediately entitled to the income, but on the basis that any capital money arising must be paid to the settlement
767:. Without the support of wealth, these younger sons might quickly descend into obscurity, and often did. On this eldest son was concentrated the honour of the family, and to him alone was granted all its wealth to support his role in that regard, by the process of the fee tail.
833:; a base fee only confers a right to the property on its owner, when its creator would have become entitled to it; if its creator dies before he would have received it, the owner of the base fee gets nothing. No new "fees tail" can now be created following the
880:, which allowed the holders of property in tail to file a disentailing assurance freeing them from its conditions; such a document needed to be enrolled. This obviated the previous method of breaking entails, the arcane legal fictions that enabled the system of
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which gave each child the legal right to inherit an equal share of the patrimony, where a formerly great landowning family could be reduced in a few generations to a series of small-holders or peasant farmers. It therefore approaches the true
1323:. For constitutional reasons, this section is subject to a saving clause which prevents the conversion of fees tail to fees simple where the protector of the settlement is still alive. Therefore, some fees tail still exist in the state.
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inside public lands may be prevented from selling or giving their land to non-family members. In this case, the restrictions result from an agreement between the government and the land owner, and is not a part of a deed or settlement.
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in his life. Howbeit Mr
Richard Coffyn, next heir to Sir William Coffyn, claimeth the same by his uncle's feoffment to him and to his heirs so that the law will put Mr John Basset from his entry and to compel him to take his action of
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they persisted even later – a few old
Swedish fees tail still remain in force, though no new ones may be established. For the law of German and Austrian fideicommissa in particular, an 862-page manual by the German legal scholar
1233:, had only a life interest in the Longbourn estate, the family's home and principal source of income. He had no authority to dictate to whom it should pass upon his death, as it was strictly arranged to be inherited by the next
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1351:. However, in the first three states, property can be sold or deeded as any other property would be, with the fee tail only applying in case of death without a will. In Rhode Island, a fee tail is treated as a
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Law professor
Maureen B. Collins (2017) cites several other authors debating the accuracy of Austen's depiction of the entailment, including Appel (2013), Treitel (1984), Redmond (1989), and Grover (2014).
1724:), was the standard reference work. First published in 1654, this grand systematization of existing legal opinion was frequently reprinted and continued to be consulted until well into the 19th century.
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Frequently in default of a son and heir to the tenant-in-possession, the entail required the next male heir, if via a female line, to adopt the surname and arms of the patriarch, see for example
1280:, to cut," implying "cutting the ordinary Line of Succession, and giving the Estate to others than those to whom it would have descended by Law." By the late 18th century it was also known as
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from inheriting. It created complications for many propertied families, especially from about the late 17th to the early 19th century, leaving many individuals wealthy in land but heavily in
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through the family tree to legitimate male descendants of former tenants-in-possession, or reverted to the last owner in fee simple, if still living. This situation produced complicated
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abolished fee tail in 1782, while many other states within the U.S. never recognized it at all. In most states in the United States, an attempt to create a fee tail results in a
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The effects of
English primogeniture and entail have been significant plot details or themes in a number of notable works of English literature. (See some examples cited below.)
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trustees. A tenant in tail in possession can bar his fee tail by a simple disentailing deed, which does not now have to be enrolled. A tenant in tail in reversion (i.e., a
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and the marital portion protects force heirs and surviving spouses from total divestment of value of the estate of the decedent, who has a duty to provide for their care.
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provided that an estate would be inherited entirely by the first-born legitimate son of a nobleman and that, accordingly, subsequent sons were born as mere gentlemen and
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etc.) was a right of writ exercisable by a holder in fee for claiming property entailed by a lessee beyond the terms of his feoffment. A letter dated 1539 from the
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and was an incentive for the production and maintenance of detailed and authoritative family pedigrees and supporting records of marriage, births, baptisms etc.
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relative (an uncle, say, or even a cousin, sometimes very distant). The last possibility, commonly called 'entailment to heirs male', is used in Jane Austen's
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wealth, power and family honour would not be dissipated amongst several male lines, as became the case for example in
Napoleonic France by operation of the
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Fee tail was never popular with the monarchy, the merchant class and many holders of entailed estates themselves who wished to sell or divide their land.
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contains a particularly thorny example of the kind of problems which could arise through the entailing of property. Mr. Bennet, the father of protagonist
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Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, (ed.) The Lisle Letters, 6 vols, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1981, vol.5, letter 1359, p.408, note 6
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to "bar" a fee tail, that is to say to remove the restrictions of fee tail from land and to enable its conveyance in fee simple. Biancalana's book
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supported fees tail, and succeeded in reinstating them in 1853, after they had been abolished in a recent Constitution. In Germany and Austria the
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who had died in 1794. Most of the 4th Marquess's art collection had been acquired by himself or his father, went to Wallace, and is now the
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Other European legal systems had comparable devices to keep estates together, especially in Spain and Northern European countries like
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where the property is subject to prior life interest) needs the consent of the life tenant and any 'special protectors' to vest a
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Most common law jurisdictions have abolished fee tails or greatly restricted their use. They survive in limited form in
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2170:(Revised and Corrected with Numerous Additions by George Ross ed.). Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute. p. 328.
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645:). Equivalent legal concepts exist or formerly existed in many other European countries and elsewhere; in Scots law
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restrict owners from willing property out of their family when they die with children or have a surviving partner.
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was an economic institution for governing of landed property introduced in late 16th century by king
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2039:", Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 41.3 (2013): 609–636.
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A Funhouse Mirror of Law: The Entailment in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
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Tractatus de fideicommissis nobilium familiarum – von Stammgütern
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2080:"Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: tailyie"
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Heir of tailzie and provision to the estate of Ellangowan.
1894:"Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: tailyie"
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and stories, particularly in the 19th century, including:
947:(2001) discusses the procedure and its history at length.
612:, to an heir determined by the settlement deed. The terms
2020:
The Law of Jane: Legal Issues in Austen’s Life and Novels
1800:(Eighth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 258.
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and prevents that property from being sold, devised by
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fee simple in himself. Otherwise he can only create a
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of a monarch or of a governing body with the power of
1004:(d. 1870). His only child was his illegitimate son,
1957:(Ninth ed.). Routledge. p. 8 (footnote).
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Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
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876:The breaking of a fee tail was simplified by the
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1002:Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford
725:being the trustees of the settlement, with the
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2110:Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act
1690:. Unlike most of the English aristocracy, the
1355:with remainder in the life tenant's children.
1305:Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton
1204:by Harper Lee (referred to as an "entailment")
1084:– inheritance of an estate goes to an heir of
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705:An entail also had the effect of disallowing
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27:"Entail" redirects here. For other uses, see
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1303:A Scottish example of entail is the case of
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2048:Treitel, G. H. "Jane Austen and the Law".
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2222:Strict Settlement: A Guide for Historians
2000:(1). Jane Austen Society of North America
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1863:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1466:). Women were excluded from inheritance (
1458:, which became a statute approved by the
1014:Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
2218:English, Barbara; Saville, John (1983).
1042:Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
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1012:were inherited by his distant cousin,
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633:". Fee tail deeds are in contrast to "
2143:Short history of the Radziwill Family
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1034:George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
134:Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
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2124:Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act
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1701:was only abolished in 1938, and in
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844:are a form of entail still in use.
34:Form of trust in English common law
24:
2226:. Hull: University of Hull Press.
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2084:Dictionaries of the Scots Language
1898:Dictionaries of the Scots Language
1839:Fines and Recoveries Act 1833 s.15
1537:. The earliest and most extensive
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1144:The Adventure of the Priory School
930:
25:
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1940:: 131–142 – via HeinOnline.
1849:Law of Property Act 1925, s. 133.
1779:See generally, Zouheir Jamoussi,
1484:was similar to the French law of
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672:, and all but four states of the
1660:in 1601, later inherited by the
1588:in 1609, later inherited by the
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1044:, his son by a second marriage.
1006:Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet
808:in England was abolished by the
788:(Concerning Conditional Gifts).
745:Fee tail was established during
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1396:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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2209:The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
1934:Vanderbilt Law Review en Banc
1925:"The Tale of the Fee Tail in
1754:
878:Fines and Recoveries Act 1833
664:, but have been abolished in
441:Lateral and subjacent support
1276:"comes from the French Word
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791:
408:Practicing without a license
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2266:Scots law legal terminology
1859:Biancalana, Joseph (2001).
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1490:or German and Scandinavian
1433:People's Republic of Poland
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959:
895:Lending upon security of a
847:
774:Statute of Westminster 1285
729:passing intact to the next
629:, which means "cut(-short)
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1988:Grover, Christine (2013).
1509:, among them those of the
1454:According to the rules of
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907:
891:Mortgage of entailed lands
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679:
334:Doctrine of worthier title
26:
2206:Cahill, James C. (1922).
1686:, a legal institution in
1505:' fortunes were based on
780:Statute of Westminster II
465:Conflict of property laws
321:Rule against perpetuities
2061:Luanne Bethke Redmond, "
2050:The Law Quarterly Review
1680:. They are derived from
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1649:, created for Piotr and
1121:The Master of Ballantrae
1052:Fees tail figure in the
810:Law of Property Act 1925
785:De Donis Conditionalibus
316:Restraint on alienation
29:Entail (disambiguation)
2166:Bell, William (1861).
1951:Dixon, Martin (2014).
1794:Law, Jonathan (2015).
1600:families, centered on
1533:were veritable little
1149:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1137:Robert Louis Stevenson
1126:Robert Louis Stevenson
1056:of several well known
988:
842:conservation easements
625:
343:Nonpossessory interest
2018:Maureen B. Collins, "
1633:in 1470, centered on
1620:Ordynacja Jarosławska
1613:in 1589, centered on
1560:in 1589, centered on
1550:Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł
1546:Ordynacje Radziwiłłów
1474:could not be sold or
1427:was abolished by the
1411:; landed property in
1408:[ɔrdɨˈnatsja]
1201:To Kill a Mockingbird
974:
707:illegitimate children
292:Action to quiet title
2175:Biancalana, Joseph.
2052:100 (1984): 549–586.
1699:Familienfideikommiss
1640:Ordynacja Pińczowska
1155:Brideshead Revisited
1048:Fees tail in fiction
1032:Another example was
996:Marquess of Hertford
872:Breaking of fee tail
804:Fee tail as a legal
649:was codified in the
287:Equitable conversion
2141:Peter Paul Bajer. "
2026:38.1 (Winter 2017).
2024:Persuasions On-line
1922:Ruhl, J.B. (2015).
1797:A Dictionary of Law
1739:Rule in Wild's Case
1708:Philipp Knipschildt
1575:Ordynacja Ostrogska
1558:Stanisław Radziwiłł
1429:agricultural reform
1317:Republic of Ireland
1227:Pride and Prejudice
1221:Pride and Prejudice
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