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Deciphering names in PCC will
« on: Friday 17 October 25 21:07 BST (UK) »
Could someone please transcribe the name in this will Joseph Borrows?/Borrors/Bonnors or is it something else?

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Re: Deciphering names in PCC will
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 October 25 21:09 BST (UK) »
I'd say 'Barrow', or 'Borrow'.
You can see the 'flat' letter 'r'  this scribe uses in other words - in the next word 'first (cousin)', and in the name of 'Abraham Simmons' in the name above.
I don't think it's an 's' at the end. Other 's's here are formed differently, although it's a very small clip, and scribes are renowned for sometimes changing their letters even within the same document.
The 'w' at the end is the same as in 'Stoke Newington' in the line above.
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs

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Re: Deciphering names in PCC will
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 October 25 21:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you!