The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790

Tagged: Burial


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 Wiltshire Gentleman and his funeral pall

This month’s post has been inspired by conversations with the project’s Creative Fellow, composer, arranger, performer and lyricist Chris Hoban. Chris has recently been analysing the wills of sextons and thinking about the symbolism of the body being laid to rest. This is a longstanding interest of his – you can listen to one of his […]


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