1701 Will abbreviations hurt my brain

[karen58]

Hello

Thank you for your help

For each image, I've tried to lighten the text I'm having difficulty with.

Image A - the abbreviations between Raigne of and Lord W[illiam]
& the abbreviation between faith and I John

Image B - the abbreviations between with and Commonly

Image C -the superscript word above and

Image D - the word between paire of and had

The word in Image D looks like it might be Articles.

If I'm am correct, does anyone know what a pair of articles is?

The sentence is:

... I doe give and bequeath unto my Eldest soń and heire Apparrent John Gartside his heires and
Assignes forever Nevertheless upon Conditon that hee the said John Gartside my Elder Soń shall pay or cause to bee well & truly paid the full and Just Sum of ffourescore Pounds of good & Lawfull money of England which S[ai]d Sum is menconed in A certaine paire of (?) had and made as conceneing his marriage under his hand & seale bearing Date the 23d day of May Ano: Dom: 1698: in, and by which said (?) I have good power & Authority to dispose of the said sum of ffourscore Pounds in this my last will and Testam[ent]

Cheers Karen

[goldie61]

A. Raigne of o^ur Sov^eraigne Lord William

B. messauge and Tenem(en)^t with Thappir^ten^ances

C. become due

D. Articles - you were correct
This will mean a legal document of some sort.

'Appirtenances' is usually spelt with a 'u' - appurtenances, but it looks like an 'i' here.

You often get a 'Th' added word instead of writing out 'The'.

Words like 'porcon', 'son', 'sum' and 'menconed' have a little line over them indocating a missing letter(s) - so they should be 'porcion', 'sonne', 'summe' and 'mencioned'.

[karen58]

Hi Golden61

Thank you

How silly of me, of course it was our soveraigne.

Can I ask, is the word, in Image A, between faith and I John be &c meaning etc.

From the will, I gather the pair of Articles have to do with money that his son and son-in-law owe the testator.

Have searched but have not been able to find anything that relates to a pair of Articles

[PrawnCocktail]

I think you are right about &c in image A.

Sometimes articles do come as pairs - like Lease and Release when selling land. They first created a short lease to put the buyer in possession, and then the seller releasing their remaining interest the next day, completing the sale. Bonkers way of doing things,  but it appears to use a loophole in the law to make things simpler!

[Bookbox]

I agree with what has been said above.

For reading abbreviations in this sort of hand, you might find this guidance useful, especially pp. 7-10.

https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/mediawiki/media/images_pedia_folgerpedia_mw/2/21/Alphabet_Abbreviations.pdf

[karen58]

Thank you Bookbox,

Will keep that handy

Cheers Karen

[karen58]

Hi PrawnCocktail

Thank you

I'm not certain what an article is.

Is the pair of articles a Article of agreement?

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/researchguidance/deedsindepth/associated/articles.aspx

The testator refers to 2 different pair of articles which relate to money, not land.

One is for four score pounds which the son has to pay as condition of his inheritance. The fourscore pounds was mentioned in a pair of articles which was made concerning the son's marriage 'under his hand and seal'.

The second is 30 pounds, which the testator says is mentioned in a pair of articles, which the son-in-law is to receive upon the testators death. This pair of articles was made between the testator and the son-in-law.

What are your thoughts.