The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790

Tagged: Global Goods


Will of the Month: a fashionable lady and her Cloath of Gold shoes

Our third will of the month, that of affluent fashionable lady Helen Spratt (d.1726), is as long and as detailed as that of the Lincolnshire farmer Ralph Wrighte [link], and is full of rich detail about Helen’s possessions and what they meant to her. She itemises silk dresses, crimson quilts, and chinaware, and sets out […]


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