Will, to Lucinda Sterling protecting her financial interests "free and clear and independent of the control, interest, meddling, or debt of her present or any future husband…"
Woman’s Inheritance Rights in the 17th Century
[Legal] The Last Will and Testament of John Charlotan. Aghabano, Ireland: 1677.
20 x 25 inches; two vellum leaves; two pages; decorative calligraphic text.
A stunning two-page document, writ large on the recto and with the signatory text and signatures in more modest handwriting on the verso. The first words on each page – “This indenture” and “Death” – are in calligraphic letters two inches tall.
The will states that Joshua and Penelope Ironmonger bequeath to their daughter Lucinda Sterling funds to be kept away from her husband’s control:
Then in trust to pay the interest of the said moiety to the said Lucinda during her life for her sole and separate use and free and clear and independent of the control, interest, meddling, or debt of her present or any future husband…
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