Lincolnshire boasts an extensive archive of sixteenth century probate material, preserved in the registers of the consistory and archdeaconry courts of Lincoln, the peculiar court of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral, and the archdeaconry court of Stow. This volume continues the process begun by Canon C.W. Foster of publishing the county’s probate records in as full a form as possible and the 585 wills here bring publication up to the end of October 1534.
Unlike the wills proved by the archiepiscopal probate courts of Canterbury and York, those from Lincolnshire reflect a population of lower social status. The overwhelming majority come from the ranks of husbandmen, yeomen or tradesmen, rather than the gentry. In this respect the wills offer a valuable source for the cultural and religious preoccupations of the ‘middling sort’ and those lower in the social spectrum on the eve of the Reformation. Equally, the detailed bequests of property, livestock and land provide an insight into the material culture and prosperity of the testators, as well as extensive genealogical and topographical information of interest to local, regional and family historians.
Unlike the wills proved by the archiepiscopal probate courts of Canterbury and York, those from Lincolnshire reflect a population of lower social status. The overwhelming majority come from the ranks of husbandmen, yeomen or tradesmen, rather than the gentry. In this respect the wills offer a valuable source for the cultural and religious preoccupations of the ‘middling sort’ and those lower in the social spectrum on the eve of the Reformation. Equally, the detailed bequests of property, livestock and land provide an insight into the material culture and prosperity of the testators, as well as extensive genealogical and topographical information of interest to local, regional and family historians.
Volume 89 Lincoln Wills 1532-1534
Editor David Hickman, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sussex
Publication Date 2001
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA
Website: http://www.boydell.co.uk
Typesetter Joshua Associates Ltd, Oxford
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 66 5
Content Contents, 1 page
Maps (2), Tables and Figures, 1 page. On the same page a dedication: For Richard and Susan Hickman for their help and support during the preparation of this edition
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Abbreviations, 1 page
Introduction and Editorial Method, 20 pages
Lincoln Wills 1532 – 1534, 389 pages
Appendix: Undated or Incompletely Dated Wills, 11 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 71 pages
Subject Index, 13 pages
Dust jacket blurb Lincolnshire boasts an extensive archive of sixteenth century probate material, preserved in the registers of the consistory and archdeaconry courts of Lincoln, the peculiar court of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral, and the archdeaconry court of Stow. This volume continues the process begun by Canon C.W. Foster of publishing the county’s probate records in as full a form as possible and the 585 wills here bring publication up to the end of October 1534.
Unlike the wills proved by the archiepiscopal probate courts of Canterbury and York, those from Lincolnshire reflect a population of lower social status. The overwhelming majority come from the ranks of husbandmen, yeomen or tradesmen, rather than the gentry. In this respect the wills offer a valuable source for the cultural and religious preoccupations of the ‘middling sort’ and those lower in the social spectrum on the eve of the Reformation. Equally, the detailed bequests of property, livestock and land provide an insight into the material culture and prosperity of the testators, as well as extensive genealogical and topographical information of interest to local, regional and family historians.
Reviews A magnificent volume, and follows in a great tradition... a marvellous invitation to the world, the church, and the society we have lost. But, skilfully, it provides a means of finding it again. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
For those convinced of the usefulness of wills as a historical source, this is a professionally produced volume that will be very useful....A rich collection of primary documents. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL
Editor David Hickman, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sussex
Publication Date 2001
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface.
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA
Website: http://www.boydell.co.uk
Typesetter Joshua Associates Ltd, Oxford
Printer St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 66 5
Content Contents, 1 page
Maps (2), Tables and Figures, 1 page. On the same page a dedication: For Richard and Susan Hickman for their help and support during the preparation of this edition
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Abbreviations, 1 page
Introduction and Editorial Method, 20 pages
Lincoln Wills 1532 – 1534, 389 pages
Appendix: Undated or Incompletely Dated Wills, 11 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 71 pages
Subject Index, 13 pages
Dust jacket blurb Lincolnshire boasts an extensive archive of sixteenth century probate material, preserved in the registers of the consistory and archdeaconry courts of Lincoln, the peculiar court of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral, and the archdeaconry court of Stow. This volume continues the process begun by Canon C.W. Foster of publishing the county’s probate records in as full a form as possible and the 585 wills here bring publication up to the end of October 1534.
Unlike the wills proved by the archiepiscopal probate courts of Canterbury and York, those from Lincolnshire reflect a population of lower social status. The overwhelming majority come from the ranks of husbandmen, yeomen or tradesmen, rather than the gentry. In this respect the wills offer a valuable source for the cultural and religious preoccupations of the ‘middling sort’ and those lower in the social spectrum on the eve of the Reformation. Equally, the detailed bequests of property, livestock and land provide an insight into the material culture and prosperity of the testators, as well as extensive genealogical and topographical information of interest to local, regional and family historians.
Reviews A magnificent volume, and follows in a great tradition... a marvellous invitation to the world, the church, and the society we have lost. But, skilfully, it provides a means of finding it again. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
For those convinced of the usefulness of wills as a historical source, this is a professionally produced volume that will be very useful....A rich collection of primary documents. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL