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Offline Wayne N

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SOLVED: Word in the Will of Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« on: Monday 04 July 22 10:07 BST (UK) »
Does the word highlighted in yellow say discreetly?
NORTON (Kent), KEECH (Dorset), MOOR / MOORE (Kent), HOCKING (Dorset / Somerset), LEVI (City of York), SANDWELL (Kent), CHAFFIN  (Dorset / Somerset), STRONG (Dorset)

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Re: Word in the Will or Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #1 on: Monday 04 July 22 10:09 BST (UK) »
I think it might be ‘decently’  :-\
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Re: Word in the Will or Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #2 on: Monday 04 July 22 10:11 BST (UK) »
Thank you JenB  :)
NORTON (Kent), KEECH (Dorset), MOOR / MOORE (Kent), HOCKING (Dorset / Somerset), LEVI (City of York), SANDWELL (Kent), CHAFFIN  (Dorset / Somerset), STRONG (Dorset)

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Re: Word in the Will or Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #3 on: Monday 04 July 22 14:05 BST (UK) »
Quote from: JenB on Monday 04 July 22 10:09 BST (UK)
I think it might be ‘decently’  :-\

Well done you !!   It had me scratching my head lol
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Re: SOLVED: Word in the Will of Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #4 on: Monday 04 July 22 20:28 BST (UK) »
How about "devoutly" ?
Ballingall, Donaldson, Fulton, Gillespie, Ramsay, Walker - in Fife.
Bury - in Salford & Liverpool.
Jack - in Glasgow, Dunfermline & Dundee.
Bermingham/Birmingham - in Cork.
Eagle - in Norfolk, Edinburgh & Glasgow.

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Re: SOLVED: Word in the Will of Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #5 on: Monday 04 July 22 21:15 BST (UK) »
But the third letter is ‘c’ not ‘v’ (check out the ‘c’ in ‘executed’ in line 3.
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Re: SOLVED: Word in the Will of Elizabeth Austen nee Curling
« Reply #6 on: Monday 04 July 22 21:49 BST (UK) »
Another vote for 'decently' - very common phrase in wills and I have looked at hundreds.

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