Law Library's copy located in the Bonfield Gift Collection. IaU-L Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-290) and index.
Contents:
The "culture of will-making" in early modern England the forum and its litigation -- Probate jurisdiction in early modern England : England's "peculiar institution" in crisis -- Disputes : the subject matter of testamentary litigation -- "Of sound and disposing mind and memory" : testamentary capacity and undue influence -- Estate plans by "word of mouth" : the validity of nuncupative wills -- The sanctity of the written word : testamentary causes challenging the authenticity and due execution of written wills -- Which will shall it be? Multiple testamentary documents, and the revocation of testamentary acts -- Contested successions and contested marriages : evidence from the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury -- Discord and disinheritance : windows into family relations from testamentary litigation -- The myriad roles of women in will-making and testamentary litigation in late seventeenth century England.
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