This source is an example of a fourteenth-century will [printed in R.R. Sharpe, Wills enrolled in the Court of Hustings, London I (London, 1889), p. 445.] The original is in the London Metropolitan Archives Catalogue ref: CLA/023/DW/01/068
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Kemesyngg (John de), goldsmith.—To Robert his son and Alice his daughter forty shillings each, to put them out as apprentices to a trade. His tenement in the parish of S. Bartholomew the Less, London, to be sold to fulfil his testament and to pay his debts. Dated London, Friday, 18 May, A.D. 1341.
Task 6 – Women and education
- Does the law concerning education of girls and boys in Source 6a surprise you? Give your reasons.
- Can you explain why the education of girls and boys would be different at that time?
- What does the poem in source 6b infer about the education that girls received?
- What does source 6c suggest about education for girls?
- What does source 6d say about what kinds of education were available for girls?
- Looking at all the sources together, what do you think girls’ educations were like at this time?
- How different is education for girls and boys today?