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Title: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: David Boulding on Tuesday 29 July 25 16:02 BST (UK)

Any suggestions on Susana's surname?

Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle

1658 Lympne Kent marriage

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: DRH123 on Tuesday 29 July 25 16:59 BST (UK)

That's a hard one. Even looking at the rest of the page doesn't help, it seems to be the only entry in that hand. The baptism entry for Thomas Greenland in 1655 is perhaps by the same writer. The 'G' is different, but the 'T' does seem to have similar strokes. So my guess would be Teralle, but without any certainty.

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbprs%2fkent%2fp240_1_a_1%2f22
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbprs%2fkent%2fp240_1_a_1%2f8

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: David Boulding on Tuesday 29 July 25 17:04 BST (UK)

Quite. C, E, N or a T? Hard to know.

Always frustrating when someone actually writes the names down but in a scrappy hand (my own is worse these days so I should not be calling people out on the handwriting).

Many thanks for trying

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: horselydown86 on Tuesday 29 July 25 17:56 BST (UK)

Where I have seen this style of elaboration on a letter, the correct reading has been found in the right-hand half of the whole - which in this case is a T.

It would be clearer except the writer has included the extra line on the curve (which makes it look like part of a baseball).

The same is happening with the g in georg at the beginning of the entry.  The right-hand half is the letter; to the left is a curved flourish with an extra line for elaboration.

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: David Boulding on Tuesday 29 July 25 18:02 BST (UK)

Thank you for that

I note that there is someone else's attempt in the FindMyPast registers showing as "Eralle" (Maybe from BTs?)

1658 Jul 8                           Geo Fird & Sus Eralle

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: horselydown86 on Tuesday 29 July 25 18:10 BST (UK)

Quote from: David Boulding on Tuesday 29 July 25 18:02 BST (UK)

I note that there is someone else's attempt in the FindMyPast registers showing as "Eralle" (Maybe from BTs?)

1658 Jul 8                           Geo Fird & Sus Eralle

I'm not sure if this is an FindMyPast user-submitted suggestion or something written more or less contemporaneously?  (I don't have FindMyPast.)

However, given that his surname is clearly Ford in the PR, I don't see a reason to take this seriously.

Title: Re: Susana Earalle/Clearlle/Teralle/Nevalle
Post by: David Boulding on Tuesday 29 July 25 18:15 BST (UK)

Thanks again

I shall investigate Teralle as this does seem likely