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A History of the Speake families in Shropshire - 'The River of Lives' (Hardcover)
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A History of the Speake families in Shropshire - 'The River of Lives' (Hardcover)
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This book is the result of 45 years of part-time research into the
Shropshire Speake families. It describes the history of the
author's family through thirteen generations, as well as all other
associated Shropshire Speake families. In some cases it follows
them across the nearby border into Wales, and the possible reasons
for their migration. It focuses on the period prior to the advent
of census returns and the civil registration of births, marriage
and deaths in the early nineteenth century. Prior to this date
research becomes more difficult and time consuming, and the aim of
this book is to help Speake family researchers to link their family
trees back to this earlier period. This approach has enabled this
book to be kept a reasonable size. It is the story of periods of
prosperity in the late sixteenth century, with accompanying social
advancement. This is contrasted with the problems of two court
cases brought against them in the infamous Court of the Star
Chamber in London, 150 miles distant. After the mid-seventeenth
century they lived the precarious existence of the rural poor, at
the mercy of poor harvests, poverty, accidents, chronic illnesses
and sudden death. Outline family trees for the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries are included, to help those interested in their
Speake family to connect with the earlier information presented
here. In particular, the very large Eaton-under-Heywood and
Westbury families are comprehensively shown in outline. This
reconstruction was made possible by the use of a large computerised
relational database. Shropshire was an early leader in the
Industrial Revolution and the new industries in Ironbridge and
Ketley provided alternative employment for the rural poor. The
later nineteenth century growth of local government also provided
new opportunities for employment and increasing prosperity. The
advent of the railways made it easier to seek work further afield
and many Speake families migrated to the industrial districts of
Lancashire, South Wales and the adjacent `Black Country' of the
Midlands. More distant migrations were made to Canada, Patagonia,
Australia and New Zealand. This book is a record of often short,
hard lives, and although documentary evidence is hard to find,
their lives can bring surprises. This book contains 130 family
trees, nine specially commissioned maps, two original artworks and
an extensive index. A comprehensive collection of Appendices
contains summaries of all known Speake wills, lay subsidies,
marriages licences and hearth tax entries and many other documents.
These make this volume an essential addition to the book collection
of family historians and others with an interest in Shropshire
history and the Speake families.
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