The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790

Tagged: Financial devices


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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