Devising, dying and dispute : probate litigation in early modern England / Lloyd Bonfield.

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Main Author: Bonfield, Lloyd, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-290) and index. 
505 0 0 |g Introduction :  |t Devising, dying, and dispute in early modern England --  |t The 'culture of will-making' in early modern England --  |t THE FORUM AND ITS LITIGATION:  |t Probate jurisdiction in early modern England : England's own 'peculiar institution' in crisis --  |t Disputes : the subject matter of testamentary litigation --  |t THE LEGAL ISSUES : MENTAL ELEMENT IN WILL-MAKING AND THE AUTHENTICITY OF LEGAL ACTS:  |t 'Of sound and disposing mind and memory' : testamentary capacity and undue influence --  |t Estate plans by 'word of mouth' : the validity of nuncupative wills --  |t The sanctity of the written word : testamentary causes challenging the authenticity and due execution of written wills --  |t Which will shall it be? multiple testamentary documents, and the revocation of wills --  |t WINDOWS INTO SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS:  |t Contested successions and contested marriages : evidence from the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury --  |t Discord and disinheritance : windows into family relations from testamentary litigation --  |t The myriad roles of women in will-making and testamentary litigation in late seventeenth-century England --  |g Conclusion -- Appendix.  |t A primer on probate jurisdiction in early modern England, probate procedure in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the sources used in this study, and how the evidence was assembled. 
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