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Offline Wayne N

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Latin name/word before surname
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 13:14 BST (UK) »
What is this word or name indicated by a caret before the surname Spurstow (and at the end of line 6)?

The probate can be found here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310549-00448
or https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310549-00448

..millesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo nono Juramento ______ Spurstow relictae dicti defuncti
et unius executorum in h(uius)m(o)di testamento nominatorum.
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: Latin name/word before surname
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 03 August 25 14:07 BST (UK) »
I think it's ... or. sic (= 'the original thus'), meaning that space for the name was also left blank in the original from which he was copying.

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Re: Latin name/word before surname
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 03 August 25 21:12 BST (UK) »
Thank you kindly Bookox :)
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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