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Throughout the life of the project we will be posting about our progress, findings and activities on this blog. You can filter the posts either by choosing a category, or by choosing a tag from the lists below. Categories indicate the general focus of the post, tags are used to flag mentions of particular items or themes that appear within a post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that we will continue to update these lists as we publish more posts, therefore initially some of the Category links are not yet active, and the list of tags will expand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Project Progress<\/a> <\/strong>– posts giving updates about what the team has been up to and where we are in our workplan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will of the Month<\/a><\/strong> – each month we choose one will and explain its most interesting features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research blogs<\/a><\/strong> – posts relating to wills and material culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events<\/a><\/strong> – posts advertising upcoming events (such as talks and volunteer workshops) or reporting on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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16th century<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17th century<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th century<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s wills<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s wills<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full transcriptions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burial<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charity<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clothing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Creative Fellow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Humanities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial devices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furniture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global goods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grandchildren<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewellery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

London<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making wills<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maritime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project methodology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rural<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silverware<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slavery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tableware<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work tools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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