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It would have been used to thread cords and ribbons, which played an essential part in the fastening of clothes in the 17th century.<br><br><b>People</b><br>A group of Martha Edlin's (1660-1725)  possessions from her childhood, including this bodkin, were kept in the casket, cherished by her descendants and passed down through the female line in her family for over three hundred years. We know little about her life, except that she married a man called Richard Richmond and appears to have been a prosperous widow living in Pinner in Greater London at the time she drew up her will, with daughters and grandchildren.","physicalDescription":"Silver bodkin with one end rounded and pierced with a round hole, and the other end tapering to a blunt point. There is also a central slit pierced near the round end. 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