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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Kessa on Thursday 21 November 24 06:05 GMT (UK)
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I have tried so hard with this one but some are just guesses. Could my effort be checked against the attachment and corrected where necessary and the missing words added please.
His wearing apparel valued at
The chamber within the halle - 2 bedsteads, a chest, a closer, and one bed furnished valued at
The kitching 2 covells, 2 ironvolls, a
.., furme, a brasse pann valued at
The chamber within the halle, a bedstead, a shilfe and an old
.. valued at
The Buttery, 2 barrells, a fatehese and some buards valued at
The chamber
. the halle an old chest and a payre of waytes valued at
The hall 2 chests, 2 littell ?ettells, 6 littell pewter plates, 2 candell stickes, an old cubard, a table board and forme and a chayrd and
valued at
One thesser valued at
One
.and a lader valued at
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I'm short of time but have done the second half.
Starting at In the Buttery..., the second item is a fatehorse.
My immediate thought is a stand for a vat.
Next is: ...Chamber under the halle...
Then:
In the halle 2 Crocks 2 Littell kettells
6 littell peuter
platers...
...and a Chayre
and stoole vallued...
The word in the next item may be cheffer, possibly meaning coffer?
The word in the last item appears to be: Reakestavell
I can't think of a meaning off the top of my head.
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The chamber within the halle - 2 bedsteads, a chest, a closer,
Could "closer" be "koofer" meaning "cover". The initial letter seems similar to that in kettles.
Ray
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The kitching 2 covells, 2 ironvolls trendells a
.., furme, a brasse pann valued at
A trendle/trendell was a large bowl used for a variety of purposes see
https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi06wrig/page/232/mode/2up
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The word in the next item may be cheffer, possibly meaning coffer?
The Dialect Dictionary has cheffer as an alternative spelling of chaffer, i.e. a chafing dish :-\
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The word in the last item appears to be: Reakestavell
I think reake is a dialect form of the word rick (i.e. as in hayrick/haystack)
Apparently stavel/stavell is a dialect form of staddle/stathel, the base or support for a hayrick.
So I think a reakestavell/rickstaddle is what we would know today as a staddle stone.
See also this snip from this page of the Dialect Dictionary https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi05wrig/page/96/mode/2up
Added: hd86 I wondered why this rang some bells - we encountered a stavel here ;D - see https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=810681.msg6708508#msg6708508
In the very same thread we discovered what a fatehorse was (as in your reply #1 on this thread) see https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=810681.msg6706504#msg6706504
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Thanks Jen, both your suggestions in #4 and #5 look good to me, and you are of course right with trendells. Also, thanks for the reminder of how long we've been doing this.
After those are a steane and a forme. He leaves his o open.
In the next item, after the shilfe, it's an old chayre.
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Thank you all, you wonderful people for correcting my errors and translating those difficult words. My own meagre knowledge is enriched by giving me your time and expertise. I am truly grateful.