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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A short blog post I wrote about some of the wills I looked at during my fellowship at the wonderful Marsh's Library in Dublin The Material Culture of Wills Project

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

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

📢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⏳ sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultur… #twitterstorians

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