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Calendar Of Wills And Administrations In The Consistory Court Of The Bishop Of Worcester 1451-1600

Calendar Of Wills And Administrations In The Consistory Court Of The Bishop Of Worcester 1451-1600

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ISBN10: 9354482252
ISBN13: 9789354482250
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 550
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind every bequest lies a story of faith, family and fragile fortune. Calendar Of Wills And Administrations In The Consistory Court Of The Bishop Of Worcester 1451-1600 opens a rare window onto lives across late medieval and Tudor Worcestershire, preserving the voices of ordinary men and women as their inheritance and estate documents were set down for posterity. Names flicker into life again. Compiled by Edw. Alexander Fry from original church court probate records, this authoritative probate records calendar arranges english wills and administrations proved before the Bishop of Worcester between 1451 and 1600, providing a dependable Worcestershire wills index and historical will abstracts collection. Each entry anchors people to places and dates in 15th and 16th century England, complementing english parish register collections and enriching the wider body of british local history sources. Indispensable as a family history research reference, it serves genealogists and local historians alike, illuminating kinship networks, property transmission and community life within the Tudor Worcestershire archives and neighbouring parishes under the diocesan jurisdiction. 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 careful new issue honours a classic work of documentary scholarship, preserving its original character while making consultation effortless for modern readers, researchers and collectors of historic record publications.

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