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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Calendars Of Huntingdonshire Wills 1479-1652

Calendars Of Huntingdonshire Wills 1479-1652

M. Noble, W.

Paperback

General ReferenceGrammar & StyleBritish History

ISBN10: 9354482384
ISBN13: 9789354482380
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
History hides in humble wills. Lives, relationships and lost places reappear in the pages of W. M. Noble's Calendars Of Huntingdonshire Wills 1479-1652, an authoritative English wills calendar spanning late medieval Huntingdonshire through the turbulent years of Tudor and Stuart probate. Each recorded testament, drawn from historical probate records, anchors a real person in time and parish, opening paths into Huntingdonshire family history and the social fabric of early modern England. Prepared originally for archivists, antiquaries and local researchers, Noble's work has become a classic genealogy research reference and local historians resource. Arranged as a systematic calendar of English inheritance documents, it guides readers through three centuries of early modern England wills, naming testators, kin, witnesses and places that rarely appear elsewhere. Used alongside England parish register abstracts and other British probate records collections, it forms a powerful genealogical sourcebook for wills that illuminate property transfer, craft and trade, charity and faith. 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 heritage reissue speaks both to family historians tracing elusive lines and to readers who simply relish the texture of the past. Ideal for building a serious reference shelf in local or national history, and a distinguished addition to any private library of county histories and archival classics.

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