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Good Will Hunting: What Early Modern Wills Reveal About Maidstone

Discovering the stories hidden in Maidstone’s early modern wills

Jack Newman, Ryan Bateman

Where there’s a Will…

The first records we will explore in Making Maidstone are wills, and probate records, of individuals in and around Maidstone. These are the most common surviving personal…

Making Maidstone: Beginnings

‘Making Maidstone’ is a three-year project which will publish a book on the history of Maidstone from 1549-1660 with the help of volunteers from the local area. We are…