HELEN BERRY Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle, UKSTEVE HINDLE Professor of History, University of Warwick, UKPETER KING Professor of Social History, University College, Northampton, UKCRAIG MULDREW Lecturer in History, Queen's College, Cambridge, UKALEXANDRA SHEPARD Lecturer in History, Christ's College, Cambridge, UKJUDITH SPICKSLEY ESRC Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Hull, UKPHIL WITHINGTON Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen, UK

• Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction - Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800; H.French Civility, Honesty and the Identification of the Deserving Poor in Seventeenth-Century England; S.Hindle Social Inequality, Identity and the Labouring Poor in Eighteenth-Century England; P.King Honesty, Worth and Gender in Early Modern England, 1560-1640; A.Shepard A Dynamic Model of Social Relations: Celibacy, Credit and the Identity of the 'Spinster' in Seventeenth-Century England; J.Spicksley Class and Credit: Social Identity, Wealth and the Life Course in Early Modern England; C.Muldrew Sense and Singularity: The Social Experiences of John Marsh and Thomas Stutterd in Late-Georgian England; H.Berry Agency, Custom, and the English Corporate System; P.Withington Bibliography

HELEN BERRY Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle, UKSTEVE HINDLE Professor of History, University of Warwick, UKPETER KING Professor of Social History, University College, Northampton, UKCRAIG MULDREW Lecturer in History, Queen's College, Cambridge, UKALEXANDRA SHEPARD Lecturer in History, Christ's College, Cambridge, UKJUDITH SPICKSLEY ESRC Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Hull, UKPHIL WITHINGTON Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen, UK

• Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction - Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800; H.French Civility, Honesty and the Identification of the Deserving Poor in Seventeenth-Century England; S.Hindle Social Inequality, Identity and the Labouring Poor in Eighteenth-Century England; P.King Honesty, Worth and Gender in Early Modern England, 1560-1640; A.Shepard A Dynamic Model of Social Relations: Celibacy, Credit and the Identity of the 'Spinster' in Seventeenth-Century England; J.Spicksley Class and Credit: Social Identity, Wealth and the Life Course in Early Modern England; C.Muldrew Sense and Singularity: The Social Experiences of John Marsh and Thomas Stutterd in Late-Georgian England; H.Berry Agency, Custom, and the English Corporate System; P.Withington Bibliography

HELEN BERRY Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle, UKSTEVE HINDLE Professor of History, University of Warwick, UKPETER KING Professor of Social History, University College, Northampton, UKCRAIG MULDREW Lecturer in History, Queen's College, Cambridge, UKALEXANDRA SHEPARD Lecturer in History, Christ's College, Cambridge, UKJUDITH SPICKSLEY ESRC Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Hull, UKPHIL WITHINGTON Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen, UK

• Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction - Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800; H.French Civility, Honesty and the Identification of the Deserving Poor in Seventeenth-Century England; S.Hindle Social Inequality, Identity and the Labouring Poor in Eighteenth-Century England; P.King Honesty, Worth and Gender in Early Modern England, 1560-1640; A.Shepard A Dynamic Model of Social Relations: Celibacy, Credit and the Identity of the 'Spinster' in Seventeenth-Century England; J.Spicksley Class and Credit: Social Identity, Wealth and the Life Course in Early Modern England; C.Muldrew Sense and Singularity: The Social Experiences of John Marsh and Thomas Stutterd in Late-Georgian England; H.Berry Agency, Custom, and the English Corporate System; P.Withington Bibliography