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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: witchetty on Tuesday 21 October 25 10:39 BST (UK)

Title: what kind of bed?
Post by: witchetty on Tuesday 21 October 25 10:39 BST (UK)

In a will written in 1668 a man left bedding and furniture to his (adult) children. 2 received trundle beds, 2 received tester beds, and 2 received "…ry" beds (bedsteads). The "..ry" beds might not have been the same kind of beds.

I have isolated and cleaned up the two phrases (see image).

Does anyone know what kind of beds either of these might have been?

Title: Re: what kind of bed?
Post by: Bookbox on Tuesday 21 October 25 11:14 BST (UK)

I think this is the same word in both extracts, written Levery and levery (a variant spelling of livery).
Items of furniture etc. (especially beds) described in inventories as 'livery' were intended for the use of servants.

Title: Re: what kind of bed?
Post by: witchetty on Tuesday 21 October 25 19:31 BST (UK)

Thanks :)

That letter just before the 'r' also resembled a 'c', so I was really stumped!

This was a well-to-do family, so I guess they might have had a couple of servants.