ISSN:
0080-4401
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
History
Notes:
Nicholas Tylman, one of the famous yeomen of Kent, whose yearly income passed into a proverb, being “somewhat sick in body, but of good and perfect mind and memory,” made his last will and testament on the 26th March, 1577. On the 6th of April he died. His executors seem to have been good and honest men, and would, there is little doubt, have carried out the instructions contained in his will, even if left to themselves. Fortunately for us, they were not left to themselves. At Faversham, the parish in which Tylman lived and died, was established a court, called “The Court of Orphans.” To this court all executors seem to have had to give an account; in other words, to render an inventory of all the moveable property in the possession of deceased persons at the time of death, with the values of the articles attached. These inventories were entered in the Wardmote Books, and so have come down to us.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3677910
