Explore how Inquisitions Post Mortem can s hed light on the lives and family networks of medieval women through legal records and land inheritance.
\nRhiannon Lloyd is a genealogist and
family historian based in Somerset\, England. She specializes in research
for the South West counties of Somerset\, Dorset and Devon.
Her pass
ion is in Medieval genealogy and her MSc Dissertation with the University
of Strathclyde focused on how Inquisitions Post Mortem can aid research in
to Somerset Medieval women (1475-1500). Palaeography is also a passion and
there is nothing more than Rhiannon likes to do than puzzle out the text
of old documents.
Previously\, Rhiannon worked as a musician (gaining
her BMus and MA from Cardiff University)\, but now she combines private c
lient work with Teaching Fellow duties at the University of Strathclyde on
their PG Genealogical\, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies course.