The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790

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Month: July 2025


Will of the Month: Mary Carlton, a maid of Roehampton and her ‘Servants’ box’

With thanks to Harry Smith for help with tracking down Mary Carlton’s burial record. Our recent ‘Will of the Month’ blog posts have featured the wills of testators who listed dozens of possessions and personal items, and who made bequests to large numbers of friends and family. Most recently we have also written about the […]


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Will of the Month: A country squire and Castle Keeper to a Duke and a King

Will Johnson, Barbara Tearle, Emily Vine This edition of our ‘Will of the Month’ series is a very special one. It’s the fruit of a collaboration: the research and transcription were completed by Zooniverse volunteers Will Johnson and Barbara Tearle, and this blog post is a collaboration between us all. It untangles not only the […]


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