Tag: WILLS
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Died, very rich?
The Non-Conformist or Northowram Register, as it has become known, does not merely preserve the bare bones of baptisms, marriages and burials between 1644 and 1743. 1 The Presbyterian minister Oliver Heywood and his successor Thomas Dickenson occasionally added pithy comments that help illuminate the lives of their congregation in Halifax (and some further afield).…
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My best hat
On Monday, 16 July 1635, Richard Kitchingman of Halifax made his will. It vividly conveys his close relationship with his kinsfolk, as well as a considerable level of detail about his sartorial tastes. 1 Richard’s first concern was the £100 he had invested with his brother in law, Edmund Hinde, “by him used in trading…
Early Modern Kinship 