#bequests — Public Fediverse posts
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"Across these centuries most will-makers took the trouble to describe in detail some of the items they bequeathed to particular relatives and friends. For instance Elizabeth Brickenell, a widow of Exeter, left a friend her third best petticoat in 1569, while in 1603 William Radcliffe of London left his sister ‘a gold ring with a picture of death’s head, for all her unkindness’."
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A Professor’s Final Gift to Her Students: Her Life Savings
Cris Hassold, an art history professor at New College of Florida for 50 years, left a mark on her 31 favorite students. “I think about her almost every day,” one said.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/cris-hassold-professor-new-college-will.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Gk8.9_SF.AWtGfPJ_fVd9&smid=url-share
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