The Material Culture of Wills Project

A Leverhulme Trust project using digital technology in tandem with volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills. Find us at @materialwills.bsky.social

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📢WILLS PROJECT NOW LIVE ON ZOONIVERSE 📢

Using cutting edge technology we've generated transcriptions of 25,000 wills, now we need your help to check & correct them!

https://t.co/XjJsPmlfyO

🧵1/ #History #twitterstorians #EarlyModern @LeverhulmeTrust @UkNatArchives

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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

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📢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

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A reminder that this account will be leaving Twitter / X shortly.

Details of where to find us below 👇

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📢 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

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📢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

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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

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📢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

[The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills]

You can check out this new batch of sixteenth-century wills 📃on our Zooniverse site now: https://t.co/XjJsPmlNom

@LeverhulmeTrust @UniofExeterNews
#history #twitterstorians #citizenscience #Tudors

[The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills]

📢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

[The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills]

@Transkribus @UniofExeter Many thanks for sharing!

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After transcribing over 25,000 wills with Transkribus, this project at @UniofExeter is looking for volunteers to proofread the transcriptions. More info 👇

[Dr Emily Vine - find me @emilymayvine.bsky.social @EmilyMayVine]

A short blog post I wrote about some of the wills I looked at during my fellowship at the wonderful @MarshsLibrary in Dublin @materialwills

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📢 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

[The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills]

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' 🍰

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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

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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' 🍐🌳
💍💍💍💍💍

https://t.co/o26rfJJa7l
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