blankets

[witchetty]

An old will written in 1668 mentions "a pair of blankets … standeth on the hall chamber".

The words between blankets and standeth might say "[?] and cord about", perhaps describing how the edges were finished?

There was also "a pair of blankets … standeth in the floor [?]" So the location of the blankets varied.

Can anyone make out what the words between the words 'blankets' and 'standeth' are?

[Bookbox]

The word after Blankets is Mat.

The 2nd extract reads ... in the p(ar)lor (= parlour), not floor.

[goldie61]

Just to add a ittle bit to Bookbox's reply, a 'p' with a little line underneath it, (or sometimes the line is missing), could be used as an abbreviation for 'per', 'pro', and 'par' - as in this case of p(ar)lour, according to the context in which it was used.

[witchetty]

Thanks for the clarification on 'parlour'.

I'm still curious about the description of the blankets. "one pair of blankets … and cord …" Is the word after cord 'about'? I can imagine satin-edged blankets, but no word seems to suggest that, or fringed blankets, but again nothing looks like that either.

Ah, well, perhaps I should just be happy that there were 12 blankets to share between 6 offspring

Thanks to all who replied.

[goldie61]

The word after cord is 'as'.
It would be very helpful to post a bit larger clip (you are allowed to do this), containing a few lines around these bits, so that we can see these snippets in context.