Does anyone know how common it was to give Christian names to pet cats in 18th-century England?

I've checked Ingrid H. Tague's Dead Pets: Satire and Sentiment in British Elegies and Epitaphs for Animals and John. D. Blaisdell's A Most Convenient Relationship: The Rise of the Cat as a Valued...

04 February 2016 6,430 3 View