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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: mezentia on Monday 02 August 21 15:21 BST (UK)
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So far in this will I have:
into the hands of Almighty God my maker & Creator trusting his will receive the
same in mercy & make me a partaker of Everlasting Happiness in his heavenly
Kingdome and my body I comit to the Earth to be buried at the discretion of my
Extor [Executor] hereinafter named and as to ?ing the Worldy Estate which it hath pleased
Almighty God to bestow on me I do devise give and bequeath the same in manner
and forme following Impris [Imprimis, first] I give Devise & bequeath to Samuel Stopford of Arthington all my Lands ??? Tenaments Closes & Premises with their
appurtenances ? lying ? in the County of York whom I hereby appoint my
Suggestions, please, for the 7th word fourth line, 5th word 7th line, and 2nd and fourth words 8th line. Clip of original attached. Comments oin the original in [ ... ] are mine.
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7th line: house?
8th line: situate lying and being ?
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...as touching the Worldly...
Regarding the last line, it is as Shaun said but spelt scituate.
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7th word 4th line
touching
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Last couple, I hope :)
From the first clip, I have
dispose of her in marriage so as she shall have a sufficient Joynture [jointure] made her viz: for every hundred pounds she shall be worth in Land or money to have five pound ?? at least or otherways security made of my Estate hereby devised to her & her heirs before mentioned and my Will and
I can't quite make out the word after pound.
From the second clip, I have:
therefrom to be imployed [employed] accounted for & made use of for the Interest of her heirs as before mentioned and my Will & mind is that the rents already due & the growing rents of my Estate and other Debts due to me be Collected & ? by my Trustee & by him to be imployed [employed] for the
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First clip per annum, second maybe received?
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Clayton, thanks. Both suggestions make sense. As the will is quite littered with abbreviations, I think these suggestion fit in well with the intensions of the testator.
Thanks everyone else your your help, that's another one completed. ;D ;D Only one more left in this batch.
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As the will is quite littered with abbreviations, I think these suggestion fit in well with the intensions of the testator.
You can see the word 'received' is abbreviated here, as the scribe as put a line across the top which indicates an omission of letters. It's used a lot in wills.
The fancy 'P' with the curly tail is also used a lot - it can mean 'per', 'pro', 'pre', depending on context.
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Thanks Goldie, that's something I'm now beginning to understand, not really having seen much before.
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This might be of interest.
It's about transcribing old documents.
https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#/guide/overview
Under 'Glossary', it says the contraction mark above a word is called a 'tilde' or 'macron' - I'd forgotten the exact term for it.
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Thanks, I'll take a look at that.