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This is the first of a series of volumes that the Society planned to issue containing abstracts of wills relating to the diocese and county of Lincoln. These ancient testamentary documents are of value because they throw much light upon the language, the religious customs and observances, and the manners and social life of our forefathers. Moreover, they are of very great services for genealogical purposes since, in the period prior to the institution of parish registers, they are often the only available source of information relating to families which did not hold land or use armorial bearings; and even when they relate to the same period as extant parish registers, they are no less important to the genealogist. Every will in the District Probate Registry from 1271 to 1526 has been included in full with the exception of three wills which were found too late to be included.
Adapted from the Preface to the volume.
This is the first of a series of volumes that the Society planned to issue containing abstracts of wills relating to the diocese and county of Lincoln. These ancient testamentary documents are of value because they throw much light upon the language, the religious customs and observances, and the manners and social life of our forefathers. Moreover, they are of very great services for genealogical purposes since, in the period prior to the institution of parish registers, they are often the only available source of information relating to families which did not hold land or use armorial bearings; and even when they relate to the same period as extant parish registers, they are no less important to the genealogist. Every will in the District Probate Registry from 1271 to 1526 has been included in full with the exception of three wills which were found too late to be included.
Adapted from the Preface to the volume.
Volume 5 Lincoln Wills Registered in the District Probate Registry at Lincoln. Vol I. A.D. 1271 to A.D. 1526
Editor Edited by C.W. Foster, M.A., F.S.A. Canon of Lincoln and Vicar of Timberland
Date Published for the year ending 30th September 1912
Publication Date 1914
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface. Wills originally in Latin are translated into English.
Printer J.W. Ruddock & Sons, High Street, Lincoln
Content Contents, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Abbreviations and Explanations 1 page
Additions to the Indices, 1 page
Lincoln Wills, 188 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 44 pages
Index of Counties, 4 pages
Index of Subjects, 6 pages
Glossary, 20 pages
List of Authorities, 2 pages
Description This is the first of a series of volumes that the Society planned to issue containing abstracts of wills relating to the diocese and county of Lincoln. These ancient testamentary documents are of value because they throw much light upon the language, the religious customs and observances, and the manners and social life of our forefathers. Moreover, they are of very great services for genealogical purposes since, in the period prior to the institution of parish registers, they are often the only available source of information relating to families which did not hold land or use armorial bearings; and even when they relate to the same period as extant parish registers, they are no less important to the genealogist. Every will in the District Probate Registry from 1271 to 1526 has been included in full with the exception of three wills which were found too late to be included.
Adapted from the Preface to the volume.
Editor Edited by C.W. Foster, M.A., F.S.A. Canon of Lincoln and Vicar of Timberland
Date Published for the year ending 30th September 1912
Publication Date 1914
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language English. The text uses the original spelling set in a modern typeface. Wills originally in Latin are translated into English.
Printer J.W. Ruddock & Sons, High Street, Lincoln
Content Contents, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Abbreviations and Explanations 1 page
Additions to the Indices, 1 page
Lincoln Wills, 188 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 44 pages
Index of Counties, 4 pages
Index of Subjects, 6 pages
Glossary, 20 pages
List of Authorities, 2 pages
Description This is the first of a series of volumes that the Society planned to issue containing abstracts of wills relating to the diocese and county of Lincoln. These ancient testamentary documents are of value because they throw much light upon the language, the religious customs and observances, and the manners and social life of our forefathers. Moreover, they are of very great services for genealogical purposes since, in the period prior to the institution of parish registers, they are often the only available source of information relating to families which did not hold land or use armorial bearings; and even when they relate to the same period as extant parish registers, they are no less important to the genealogist. Every will in the District Probate Registry from 1271 to 1526 has been included in full with the exception of three wills which were found too late to be included.
Adapted from the Preface to the volume.