Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008
This is the first book on Royal Wills since 1780 and aims to take over where the previous ones (in 1775 and 1780) left off. Therefore the period 1509 to 2008 is covered. It aims to uncover the many dilemmas and conundrums they have had to deal with, again
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Royal Wills in Br itain from 1509 to 2008
Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008
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Michael L. Nash
Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008
Michael L. Nash University of East Anglia Norwich United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-60144-5 ISBN 978-1-137-60145-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-60145-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016960180 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Prince Frank, Courtesy of Mrs Sarah Felton and Mr. Charles Whitley Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
To my wife Ann And to our children James, Joseph, Patrick, Oliver and Sophia
Foreword
In the contemporary media, the British Royal Family is a reliable stand-by for a good story, and books on ‘the Royals’ serve a similar purpose for the publishing industry. Very often, indeed one might say usually, the material in these stories is thin and recycled, often based on gossip, speculation, rumour; whether or not history repeats itself, Royal historians certainly do repeat themselves. This is emphatically not the case with Michael L. Nash, who has found that most unlikely of things, a new approach to the history of the Royal Family. The wills of members of the Royal Family have not been studied before, and no one has undertaken a detailed examination of them across the long range of British history. There has been a tendency to assume that all that matters is primogeniture and the transmission of the Crown itself but, by examining the detail of Royal wills, Michael L. Nash has been able to put some flesh on the bones of Walter Ba
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