Olivia Colman reads a hilarious seventeenth century letter from a wife t...
This Very Famous letter needs context. The young Lady fell in LOVE with the not just penniless… but £28,000 in DEBT William Compton. Upon getting ahold of control of her money he squandered £72,000 Gambling in the 1st 2 Months. Average wage in 1600 was under £25 a YEAR. 83% had income under £50 a year, Only the rich had more than £100 a year. She had £800,000!!! So while this sounds like a lot, what do you suppose costs are for multi-Millionaires and Billionaires today? Can you imagine Kim Kardashian or Megan Markle with only 20 Dresses, 2 Cars, Staff for 3 houses, Security, Travel costs? She also asks him to stay out of debt, to be charitable and not to lend out their wealth either. I applaud her stating her case and reasoning and her willingness to overlook his large flaws, asking only to be kept in the style to which she had been born and accustomed. The entire cost of her requests was a drop in the bucket and far less than he already gambled away.
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