Reference code
DWL/RB/1/340
Level of description
item
Title
Will and testament of Thomas Hall
Date
10 April 1664
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 111-120 (f 113v, f 115v, f 118v, f 119r, f 120 are blank). Additional pagination pp. 200-214
Dimensions:Quarto blank/writing book: H:195 W:155 D:30
Genre/Physical Characteristic:Sheepskin.
Twin w/m: Largepot; F/DC; single handle; quatrefoil; crescent; fleur de lys; 103 x 45 mm (f34/f39); 102 x 47 mm (f51/f54).
Scope and content
Largely pertaining to religious practice, except so far as relates to the disposal of his books ‘to the Library at Birmingham’, and to the library he founded in his own parish.
- ‘Since the time of my departure is at hand, & I must shortly go the way of all the earth, I have therefore made my last will as followeth’
- f 118r: ‘Thy dying friend Tho: Hall Dated 1664. April 10th.’
- f 119v: ‘Libri sunt oculorum Epulæ’
Finding aids
Argent / Black ix.294; Thomas p.25
Personal name