"Mourning Rings", c1600’s Bequeathed Upon Death

 
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11 December 2006 19:16
 

On various occassions, I’ve read of circa 1600’s well-to-do persons bequeathing "morning rings", upon close kin and close friends. What was a "mourning ring"; did it have a coat-of-arms on it; what was it’s social function? Jim/focusoninfinity

 
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11 December 2006 19:51
 

Victoriaspast.com had the following info ...

http://www.victoriaspast.com/LadyinBlack/MourningRings.htm

 

had a pretty good explanation