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Offline Tom Langley

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Re: Cant read all of a baptism from 1699
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 27 January 13 13:43 GMT (UK) »
It turns out he was 'Writer to the Signet'. I found a pedigree for the Borthwick Lords of Crookston, which comes down to James Tweedie, WS. I looked up the abbreviation and found this out.

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Langley, Broughton, Taylor, Broad, Cooper, Owen, Bennion, Yorke, Knox, Norcup, Holland, Brookes, White, Davies, Huntbach, Bowler, Barnett.

Offline barryd

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Re: Cant read all of a baptism from 1699
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 27 January 13 14:10 GMT (UK) »
So he is equivalent to an English Solicitor!
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