Hello Folks, Now we've had a good discussion on the widow's thirds, and very interesting it has been, can we have something similar on the child's part and the dead's part? Explanation of the practice of getting rid of a child's rights by cutting him/her off with a shilling could also be enlightening. Also the attempts to abolish the practice of entailing or remaindering estates would be another interesting topic, in my opinion. It may help some people who are reading early modern wills. Audrey