Talk:Ultimogeniture

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[edit] Borough English

I note that Borough English is redirected here. I think it would be useful if we could have an article on that, i.e. ultimogeniture in England. I note references to this in southeast England (but I think unreferenced). I know of a couple of examples in the Midlands and a statement that it applied to Dent Dale in the North.

I suspect that practices may have varied a little more widely than is realised. Common law inheritance was to the eldest son or if none ALL daughters, but I know of a manor where in default of a son, the eldest daughter appears to ahve been the heir.

I do not know of a robust academic article on this, and it may be that what I am suggesting will offend against the WP:NOR rule. Peterkingiron 08:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I think that's a very strict interpretation of WP:NOR. Perhaps we could create an article on inheritance in the United Kingdom, which could also cover modern practice. Academic articles are available on many aspects of this, and it would seem reasonable to cite other examples such as you have given. It seems to me that they key thing is that we don't try to draw conclusions unsupported by published academic research, so that regardless of it truth, we must avoid claims in the article such as "practices may have varies a little more widely than is realised". Incidentally, there was an article on Borough English, but I merged it in here, as it duplicated part of this article. Feel free to create a new one, if you have enough information that it would be out of place here. Warofdreams talk 02:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)