📢 NEW 'Will of the Month' post! 📢
🎄 It's time for a Christmassy one! 🎄
December's post looks at the 1786 will 📜of Mary Partridge, who left:
- an orchard, but sadly no pear tree 🍐🌳
- some gold rings, but not quite five 💍💍💍💍💍
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/2024/12/16/will-of-the-month-mary-partridge-an-orchard-but-no-pear-tree/ #skystorians #history #earlymodern
🎄 It's time for a Christmassy one! 🎄
December's post looks at the 1786 will 📜of Mary Partridge, who left:
- an orchard, but sadly no pear tree 🍐🌳
- some gold rings, but not quite five 💍💍💍💍💍
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/2024/12/16/will-of-the-month-mary-partridge-an-orchard-but-no-pear-tree/ #skystorians #history #earlymodern
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Why not head over to our @zooniverse.bsky.social site and have a go at reading and correcting transcriptions of Tudor, Stuart, & Georgian wills - just like the will of Mary Partridge 📜✍️ #CitizenScience #Skystorians
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790