Jonathan Healey on Twitter: "in 1602, the Italian lawyer Giovanni Sordi decided that if the family status merited it then, yes, it was a husband's obligation to provide his wife with fine wines."

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1. Dr Francis Young‏ @DrFrancisYoung 24 May 2018
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  Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council considered it their obligation to provide prisoners of gentry status with fine wines
  
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1. Elly Williamson‏ @EPWilliamson 24 May 2018
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  @nfmusic
  
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1. Dr Sue Allan‏ @SueCumbria 24 May 2018
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  I should jolly well think so.
  
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1. Lucy Traves‏ @lucytraves 24 May 2018
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  What was the cut off point on the sumptuary law scale?
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1. Kathy K‏ @kkagora 24 May 2018
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  woohoo ..... my kind of guy
  
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1. MissConstrue‏ @MissConstrue 24 May 2018
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  Well, this seems a perfectly rational decision, and I for one support this plan.
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1. F Orford-Williams‏ @redbriefcase 25 May 2018
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  @owmarcel @TheWineSociety - this. Not doing too bad so far
  
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1. Dr Amanda McVitty‏ @AmandaMcVitty 25 May 2018
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  Wait, I thought that was standard practice?!
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1. Emma Thane of Cawdor ‏ @redwellyfeats 25 May 2018
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  Okay. This is good. All I need now is a husband.
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1. Lena Get Your Woke Witchcraft Here Wahlgren-Smith‏ @lwahlgrensmith 25 May 2018
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  Mine has just brought home the left-overs from an office do: a little tart, perhaps, but drinkable. Which is probably about what our family status merits.
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