I'm not sure what the law was, but I do have a couple of instances where married women (as opposed to widows) carried out property transactions. I think they could do this with the permission of an indulgent husband! I assume the property ultimately belonged to the husband, if he wished.
Property transactions - land, in my family - are such a useful tool in genealogy. The three lives system in Lancashire often means I can trace a family for hundreds of years, especially where other records no longer exist.
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