Women's Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485–1603 · Authority, Influence and Material Culture by James, Susan E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Names and Quotations Introduction 1 The Performance of Death

‘Beinge of good & perfect remembrance but sicke in bodie’ Ensuring Salvation Spiritual Intercession, Spiritual Labor, and Spiritual Charity Succoring the Poor Charitable Donations to Civic Institutions Charitable Donations to Education Charitable Donations to Infrastructure

2 Identity and Remembrance

‘a tombe of alabaster … with my picture’ ‘for the soulez of … my fader & moder and for alle myn auncestors’ ‘For a remembrance of me’ Personal and Domestic Memorabilia Heritable Installations

3 Women’s Work: Vocation, Occupation, and Labor

‘myne true vocation’ The Occupational Hierarchy Apprentices and Apprenticing ‘in my mother’s shop’ Work Case Studies Servants and Service ‘my cousin sumtyme my servant’ Occupational Opportunism Geographic Determinacy

4 The Dispersal of Assets: Land

Ownership and Distribution of Lands ‘and all I owned before’ ‘to go to the keeping of my children’ ‘and my bed fellow as my sole and onlye executor’ ‘shall wholie and entyrelie remayne unto my loving daughter’ ‘to ensure the performance of my will’

5 The Dispersal of Assets: Money

‘and Imploye the money therof coming as it may be’ Borrowing and Lending Debt as Commodity ‘all that there remaineth of mine in his hands’

6 The Dispersal of Assets: Undressing the House, Undressing the Body

‘and all that to mee belongs’ ‘the place in which I dwell’ Windows, Walls, and Floors Halls, Chambers, Parlors, and Kitchens ‘my jewel called Cupid’ ‘to my daughter … my best red petticoat’ The Three Ages of Women’s Dress

Conclusion Bibliography Index