Dowry
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Sep 17, 2026
Anna PtaszynskiHOST
Or the other one is actually if a man has died, um, then-
Dan SchreiberHOST
Bridget Jones's Dowry.
Anna PtaszynskiHOST
Sorry, you're still brainstorming.
Dan SchreiberHOST
[laughs]
Anna PtaszynskiHOST
I'll give you a minute.
Dan SchreiberHOST
Bridget Jones's Dowry.
speaker_4HOST
Dowry.
speaker_4HOST
[laughs]
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
The day after the above martyrdoms, Catherine Hutt of Bocking, widow, Joan Hornes, spinster, of Billerica, Elizabeth Thackwell, spinster, of Great Bursted, suffered death in Smithfield.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
Thomas Dowry We have again to record an act of unpitying cruelty exercised on this lad, whom Bishop Hooper had confirmed in the Lord and the knowledge of his word.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
How long this poor sufferer remained in prison is uncertain.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
By the testimony of one John Paler, Register of Gloucester, we learn that when Dowry was brought before Dr. Williams, then Chancellor of Gloucester, the usual articles were presented him for subscription.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
From these he dissented, and upon the doctor's demanding of whom and where he had learned his heresies, the youth replied, Indeed, Mr.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
Chancellor, I learned them from you in that very pulpit.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
On such a day, naming the day, you said, in preaching upon the sacrament, that it was to be exercised spiritually by faith, and not carnally and really, as taught by the papists.
Derek WoodleyNARRATOR
Dr. Williams then bid him recant as he had done, but Dowry had not so learned his duty.
Jason PineGUEST
He's been very good.
Jason PineGUEST
And Dowry in for Holland in the second row.
Jason PineGUEST
That's probably minutes management, I would say.
Jason PineGUEST
Fabian Holland's had a big workload.
SarahHOST
best.
SarahHOST
Dowry is collaborative, by the way.
SarahHOST
You don't just pay for dowry by yourself.
SarahHOST
You get help from your uncles, your cousins, your family members that love you.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
End of footnote.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
It is curious to notice that when the patriarchal order became established, this same Gerhard, Mitgift, becomes the property of the husband, and the wife is expected to bring it as a dower.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
What was originally the safeguard of her independence thus becomes a tribute which she has to pay to her lord and master.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
As was to be expected, the growth of patriarchal rule meant the gradual degradation of the position of women.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
End of footnote.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
It is curious to notice that when the patriarchal order became established, this same Gerhard, Mitgift, becomes the property of the husband, and the wife is expected to bring it as a dower.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
What was originally the safeguard of her independence thus becomes a tribute which she has to pay to her lord and master.
Heather ColeNARRATOR
As was to be expected, the growth of patriarchal rule meant the gradual degradation of the position of women.