Mary Skelton was a Greenwich widow whose will was proved in 1725.
In this post @emilymayvine.bsky.social shows how she used her will to reward one son and punish the other.
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This month’s post explores the 1725 will of Mary Skelton, a widow of East Greenwich who appeared to have clear ‘favourites’ within her family and divided up her assets accordingly.[1] It’s a document ...
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The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
📢MAY WILL OF THE MONTH📢
And it's a 'I leave him one shilling and no more' vengence will!
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On 11 June 2026, I'm running an online intro to early modern legal records, part of The National Archives' Practical Archival Skills Training #TNAPAST workshops. More details can be found via the link. For accompanying on-site workshops, see the below thread www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-early...
📢 NEW WILL OF THE MONTH POST 📢
May's post explores a Greenwich widow's will which exhibits some clear favouritism📜
One son received the bulk of her estate, the other 'one Shilling and no more because of his undutifull behaviour' 🪙
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I'm having a book launch on 9th June 6-8pm for my book 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' 🎉
I will be discussing the book alongside Profs. Lyndal Roper and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there (in person and online)!!
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Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon.
📢 In Case You Missed It! 📢
📜 Our latest 'Will of the Month' post is live on our blog: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
It explores the will of an C18th widow of Greenwich who bequeathed land, property, and bonds in the East India Company, but left only 1 shilling to her 'undutifull son' 🪙
The Material Culture of Wills Project
A reminder that our next event is THIS THURSDAY (21 May) at 5.30 pm. Erin Maglaque @erinmaglaque.bsky.social will be speaking on '"A zeal without limits": the postmortem caesarian section in early modern Italy'! ✨ You can sign up here (in-person in room 243 & Zoom): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
