The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills.
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The Material Culture of Wills Project
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Jane also reflects on our recent team research retreat to Elton House in Bath - generously funded by the wonderful Landmark Trust Futures scheme - which has allowed the team to discuss and refine ideas, and share some of our different approaches to this large number of will transcriptions. 🧵3/3
📢 In Case You Missed It 📢
📜There's a new post over on our project blog!
Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, discusses different ways of approaching 30,000 will transcriptions, and reflects on our recent research retreat, funded by the wonderful Landmark Trust Futures scheme 👇#skystorians
Fascinating account of burial choices and removal
📢 NEW PROJECT BLOG POST 📢
Something a bit different from our 'Will of the Month' posts...
📜 Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, explains the different ways we can approach and work with 30,000 will transcriptions 🧵1/3
#EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Co-investigator @lsangha.bsky.social is speaking about the project at the @ihrscb.bsky.social seminar tomorrow!
In person at the @ihr.bsky.social and online on Zoom 🌐
Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@leverhulme.ac.uk @transkribus.bsky.social @zooniverse.bsky.social #History
📢 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' 🪙
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #skystorians #EarlyModern
📢 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' 🪙
Jane considers 3 main approaches to large numbers of early modern sources:
1. Quantitative Surveys 📈
2. Searching for how the meaning of words changes over time ✏️
3. Finding needles in haystacks! 🪡
🧵2/3
@uniofexeterhass.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities @uniofexeternews.bsky.social #History
📜 In Case You Missed It 📜
April's 'Will of the Month' post is now live over on the @materialwills.bsky.social blog! 👇
#history #EarlyModern #Skystorians
📜 A recent blog post from the @materialwills.bsky.social blog, reflecting on the project team's recent 'Landmark Trust Futures' research retreat at Elton House in Bath 👇
@uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social #history #skystorians #EarlyModern #Georgians
Jane Whittle, Wills Project Principal Investigator The wills project has now successfully transcribed more than 30,000 early modern wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with at least 5000 f...
📢 NEW PROJECT BLOG POST 📢
Something a bit different from our 'Will of the Month' posts...
📜 Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, explains the different ways we can approach and work with 30,000 will transcriptions 🧵1/3
#EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Emily Vine
📢 APRIL WILL OF THE MONTH 📢
📜 Our new 'Will of the Month' post is now live on our blog!
It explores the will of Sir Francis Cottington, who died & was initially buried in Valladolid in 1652.
26 years later, his body was removed & reburied in Westminster Abbey.
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
📢 APRIL WILL OF THE MONTH 📢
📜 Our new 'Will of the Month' post is now live on our blog!
It explores the will of Sir Francis Cottington, who died & was initially buried in Valladolid in 1652.
26 years later, his body was removed & reburied in Westminster Abbey.
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
📢TOMORROW!📢
I'm speaking at the @ihrscb.bsky.social seminar on people's changing relationship with their possessions in the 150 years before the Industrial Revolution.
Join us in person @ihr.bsky.social or on Zoom, register:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern 🗃️@uoearchhist.bsky.social
📢 In Case You Missed It 📢
📜There's a new post over on our project blog!
Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, discusses different ways of approaching 30,000 will transcriptions, and reflects on our recent research retreat, funded by the wonderful Landmark Trust Futures scheme 👇#skystorians
Jane Whittle, Wills Project Principal Investigator The wills project has now successfully transcribed more than 30,000 early modern wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with at least 5000 f...
📢 NEW PROJECT BLOG POST 📢
Something a bit different from our 'Will of the Month' posts...
📜 Our Principal Investigator, Jane Whittle, explains the different ways we can approach and work with 30,000 will transcriptions 🧵1/3
#EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Jane Whittle, Wills Project Principal Investigator The wills project has now successfully transcribed more than 30,000 early modern wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with at least 5000 f...
