Early Northampton Wills, Preserved in Northamptnshire Record Office

by Dorothy Edwards, Margaret Forrest, Jacqueline Minchinton

In the custody of the Northamptonshire Record Office is a bound volume containing more than 600 wills from the period 1462 to 1509. For a number of years a group of enthusiasts transcribed and translated 145 of the wills of people who lived in the town of Northampton. Most are in Latin and all are, of course, in the handwriting of the later Middle Ages: these transcriptions and translations form the core of this book.

1 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Dorothy Edwards worked in teacher training at Northampton University, and is a local historian.