Asby History Group
Event Details
“Wealth and Possessions in Early Modern Asby” – A study of Wills and Inventories Presenter: Keith Cooper Mid to late Sixteenth Century wills are one of the few (perhaps the only) documents
Event Details
“Wealth and Possessions in Early Modern Asby”
– A study of Wills and Inventories
Presenter: Keith Cooper
Mid to late Sixteenth Century wills are one of the few (perhaps the only) documents in which we can hear the voices of Elizabethan Asbeians speaking in the first person, as they set out bequests and arrangements for the care of family members. The inventories of their possessions, made very shortly after death, offer insights into their wealth – or lack of it – and their agricultural practices, as well as details of their clothing, kitchen equipment, and furniture; many items with names which have long gone from daily use.
Keith is part way through a study of nearly 250 Asby wills and inventories from the mid-Sixteenth to the mid-Eighteenth Century and will share some of his findings from the first tranche of Sixteenth Century documents.
AHG members free; non-members £3
Time
(Wednesday) 20:00 - 21:30
Location
Asby Village Hall
