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"Women of Fortune begins its story with two younger sons of parish gentry, Thomas Bennet and Gilbert Morewood, who came to London from Berkshire and Yorkshire as gentlemen apprentices to London livery companies. Thomas Bennet and his brother Richard both became members of the Mercers' Company in the middle of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Gilbert Morewood was, remarkably, one of ten Morewoods apprenticed to the Grocers' Company in the seventeenth century"--

Upper class women --- Heiresses --- Wealth --- Murder --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- History --- Bennet, Thomas, --- Morewood, Gilbert, --- Bennett, Thomas, --- Family. --- England --- Social life and customs --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- Female heirs --- Women heirs --- Heirs --- Women --- Famille --- --Femme --- --Classes supérieures --- --Héritier --- --Richesse --- --Angleterre --- --XVIIe s., --- Family --- Upper class women - England - History - 17th century --- Heiresses - England - History - 17th century --- Wealth - England - History - 17th century --- Femme --- Classes supérieures --- Héritier --- Richesse --- XVIIe s., 1601-1700 --- Bennet, Thomas, - approximately 1550-1627 - Family --- Morewood, Gilbert, - 1586-1650 - Family --- Bennet, Thomas, 1550-1627 --- Morewood, Gilbert, 1586-1650 --- Angleterre --- England - Social life and customs - 17th century --- Bennet, Thomas, - approximately 1550-1627 --- Morewood, Gilbert, - 1586-1650