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    ‘LONDON ARCHIVES REVEALED WILLIAM’S ROUTE TO RICHES’

    Aug 24, 2021 3 minutes

    JEAN THOMSON is a retired teacher who lives in Herefordshire. She has been researching her family history for 10 years

    Britain was a land of potential for the burgeoning middle classes in the late 18th century. Commerce, the legal profession, teaching and the clergy offered social mobility for those with education and drive.

    Jean Thomson has discovered a Georgian ancestor who left behind village life to become a powerful and wealthy man. His journey leads us to the shady world of the debtors’ prison.

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