Source 6c: 14th Century Will

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

Transcript

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.

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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?