| Elizabethan Inventories and Wills of the Exeter OrphansĘ Court, Vol. 1 Contributor(s): Crocker, Jeanine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0901853569 ISBN-13: 9780901853561 Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) - History | Modern - General |
| Series: Devon and Cornwall Record Society |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 9.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume and Volume 57 present the Elizabethan wills and inventories collected by the Exeter Orphans' Court between 1560 and c.1602. The court administered the estates of all 'orphans' (the children of wealthy freemen whose fathers were deceased) within the city. They form the most important series of documents relating to the houses, material culture and social history of people living in Exeter during the latter half of the sixteenth century, including the number of rooms in their homes, their furniture, clothes and kitchen equipment, and the pattern of their debts. They are thus an invaluable resource for anyone interested in everyday life and the household in Elizabethan England. |