Why Will Mr Collins Inherit Longbourn? Entails in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen's Novels

Have you ever wondered why Mr. Collins is inheriting Longbourn in Pride and Prejudice? Well in this video we dive into entails and Regency Era inheritance practices that answer that question. We look at exactly who it was that left Elizabeth Bennet's family's estate to Mr. Collins. And we look at the entails in Sense and Sensibility and Jane Austen's novel Persuasion as well.

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🕰 Watching Guide
00:00 Why will Mr. Collins Inherit Longbourn? [Intro]
00:40 What is an entail?
01:37 Pride and Prejudice and English Law
02:30 How and Why of Entails
03:01 Mr. Bennet and Tenant for Life
05:14 Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Kellynch Entail
06:42 Real Inheritors
07:43 History of Entails and Strict Settlements
10:54 Sense and Sensibility and Inheritance
14:12 Who left Longbourn to Mr. Collins?
14:29 Cutting of Entail
16:42 Reestablishing the Entail
20:47 Were all estates entailed?
21:09 Could women inherit?

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