Wills of nearly 900 people, rich in detail, both personal and specific, as in old place names and geographical references.

--To wife Elizabeth, tenement where testator now dwells; on her death, same to go to grandchild Robert Large & heirs. To go to daughter Frances Miller, pair of sheets & stock of bees in the orchard--Early wills make compulsive reading and supply invaluable information for social, local and economic historians, and for genealogists. The Archdeaconry of Sudbury corresponded broadly to the administrative county of West Suffolk. The editor of this collection, a professional historian, brings out any indication of the religious beliefs of the testator, and everything to do with the life and...