Probate Clause - 1715

[karen58]

Hi
Would appreciate a transcription of this little clause.

Abbreviations are a nightmare for me.

Thank you kindly
Karen

[horselydown86]

I've made a beginning, for what little (very little in this case) it's worth.

The last part appears to be:

...Exores pro vero cum

protestac(i)o(n)e &c

The last four words appear to mean something like:  for true, with protestation

Exores is the seond person singular present active subjunctive meaning persuade.

However without the first word it's not much use.

I would say the date is probably:  ij^o Jan^(uar)ij 1715^o

That is, 2 January 1715 (Old Style).  Others could easily see it differently.

It's certainly not a regular probate clause.

[Bookbox]

I would read this as ...

Ex(amina)t(u)m per ex(ecut)ores pro vero cum protestac(i)o(n)e &c.

Examined by the executors as true, with a declaration, etc.

Not sure about the date - could it be 19^o with a long descender?

[horselydown86]

Not sure about the date - could it be 19^o with a long descender?

It well could be.  I was basing my reading on the similarity to the j in Jan^(uar)ij.

Against that, the i and j there have clear dots, which don't appear earlier.

It's probably better to say it is either 2 or 19 January.

[karen58]

Hi horselydown86 and Bookbox

Thank you

horselydown86, you are right. Its not a probate clause as I have now found that.

Perhaps it is to do with the inventory which was made 06 Dec 1715, and the executor declaring it was a true and perfect inventory

Cheers
Karen