The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790

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History and Art / History as Art

Laura Sangha What do you get if you combine a historian, a musician, and 25,000 historic wills? All sorts of fun things! In this post I reflect on what composer, arranger, songwriter and performer Chris Hoban and I got up to during our six-month Arts and Culture Creative Fellowship. For background about the fellowship, see […]


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Using Wills in Historical Research: the What’s in a Will Workshops

Generously funded by the University of Exeter’s Public Engagement with Research Fund. Many thanks to the knowledgeable and generous attendees at our two recent workshops (June 2024) at The National Archives and the University of Exeter. Both days were marked by lively conversations and the fruitful exchange of ideas have kindled plenty more flames to […]


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