This fascinating will📜was first flagged by our @the_zooniverse volunteers.
To have a go at reading early modern wills✍️and seeing what you can find, have a look at our Zooniverse site:
https://t.co/XjJsPmlfyO
We've recently added NEW Tudor wills from 1538-155⏳ #history
📢In Case You Missed It📢
January's Will of the Month Post is now live on our project blog!
It's the will of a Berkshire gentleman who left >50 bequests - so many objects are mentioned that we didn't know what to write about!🪑🥄👞
https://t.co/Suy55b6Lfo #twitterstorians
📢 Important Announcement 📢
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To keep up to date with out project, you can find us on Bluesky @materialwills.bsky.social, or you can check out our website: https://t.co/MfIHS4aopT
📢NEW WILL OF THE MONTH📢
January's will📜was identified by our Zooniverse volunteers
This Berkshire gentleman left >50 bequests (it was difficult to chose what to write about) including items engraved with family names & coats of arms⏳
https://t.co/Suy55b7j4W
#twitterstorians
In Case You Missed It
📢TUDOR WILLS NOW ON ZOONIVERSE!📢
A new milestone for our @the_zooniverse
site - we've uploaded new wills 📃dating 1538-1552.
Practice your sixteenth-century palaeography✍️ & read wills made during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward⏳
#twitterstorians
📢SIXTEENTH-CENTURY WILLS NOW ON ZOONIVERSE!📢
A new milestone for our @the_zooniverse site - we've gone back in time⏳& have uploaded new wills 📜dating 1538-1552.
Practice your early modern palaeography✍️& read Tudor wills made during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI
📢SIXTEENTH-CENTURY WILLS NOW ON ZOONIVERSE!📢
A new milestone for our @the_zooniverse site - we've gone back in time⏳& have uploaded new wills 📜dating 1538-1552.
Practice your early modern palaeography✍️& read Tudor wills made during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI
After transcribing over 25,000 wills with Transkribus, this project at @UniofExeter is looking for volunteers to proofread the transcriptions. More info 👇
📢 Important Announcement 📢
We'll be leaving Twitter / X in the next couple of weeks.
To keep up to date with out project, you can find us on Bluesky @materialwills.bsky.social, or you can check out our website: https://t.co/MfIHS4aopT
Funeral instruction of the day:
When Thomas Cherell made his will in 1540, he wanted those who attended his burial to each receive 'one Spice bune and a Cake' 🍰
We hope you enjoyed reading our 'Will of the Month' posts for 2024 🎉
We'll continue them throughout 2025, and we also regularly post about other project updates and news - so watch this space: https://t.co/Kd6Ymn9L7G
#twitterstorians#history#earlymodern
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🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR!🎉
We're starting 2025 by reflecting on our 'Will of the Month' blog post series - we wrote about a different will every month of 2024
We began in February with London minister Josias Alsop, who died just after the 1666 Great Fire:🧵1/12 https://t.co/vM6EAYmMC0
In December 2024 we had a Christmas-themed 'Will of the Month' post 🎅🎄⛄
We looked at the 1786 will of Somerset Spinster Mary Partridge, and whether it could be tied in with the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' 🍐🌳
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https://t.co/o26rfJJa7l
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