Calendars Of Lincoln Wills (Volume I) 1320-1600

Book Overview

Across three turbulent centuries, the last testaments of ordinary men and women reveal how they lived, worked, worshipped, and cared for their kin. Every will is a story. 'Calendars Of Lincoln Wills (Volume I) 1320-1600' gathers a medieval English wills calendar of Diocese of Lincoln wills, covering England 14th to 16th centuries from late medieval to Tudor times. Compiled by C. W. Foster as a classic Lincoln Record Society edition, it offers carefully ordered abstracts of probate entries that are indispensable for Lincolnshire family history research and wider medieval English social history. Designed as a practical historical wills sourcebook, this Tudor probate records collection serves both as an English genealogy source records gateway and as a flexible local history research tool. Names, places, relationships, and bequests are set in clear sequence, assisting anyone tracing kinship networks, property, and parish life. For genealogists, archivists, and students of legal, religious, and economic change, it stands as a trusted genealogist reference book and an ideal England parish records companion. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, this edition returns an essential diocesan legacy to circulation for both casual readers of history and serious collectors of primary sources.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354482198
• ISBN13: 9789354482199
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"