Northamptonshire Record Society Publications Early Northampton wills, preserved in Northamptonshire Record Office
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0901275646
ISBN 13
9780901275646
Category
Northamptonshire
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Northamptonshire Record Society, United Kingdom
Volume
Volume 42
Pages
289pp.
Series Name
Abstract
In Northamptonshire Record Office is a bound volume containing more than 600 wills from the period 1462 to 1509. For a number of years a group of enthusiasts transcribed and translated 145 of the wills of people who lived in the town of Northampton. Most are in Latin; these transcriptions and translations form the core of this book.
The wills are mainly of trades-people with a sprinkling of priests and minor gentry, and 27 were made by women, mainly well-to-do widows. Analysis of these wills has revealed much about the lives of the people in 15th century Northampton and the town itself.
The wills are mainly of trades-people with a sprinkling of priests and minor gentry, and 27 were made by women, mainly well-to-do widows. Analysis of these wills has revealed much about the lives of the people in 15th century Northampton and the town itself.
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