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Some Wills of English Musicians of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

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Extract

For many years the importance of wills for genealogical research has been recognized, and more recently social and economic historians also have begun to appreciate their value. The following notes are of wills that suggest some musical interest; most have some claim to be considered as those of composers, although the identity of the testators cannot be regarded as established, and it may be that the fresh biographical details given here may be of use to those working in the fields of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century music.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1965

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References

1 Cf. A.J. Camp, Wills and their whereabouts, London, 1963.Google Scholar

2 Cf. Dorothy Whitelock, Anglo-Saxon wills, Cambridge, 1930.Google Scholar

3 A form for a will, c. 1300, is given in B.M. Add. MS 41201, ff. 3f.Google Scholar

4 Cf. Lawrence Stone, The Crisis of the Aristrocracy, 1558–1641, Oxford, 1965, p. 727.Google Scholar