Mort Cloth

[adee7]

In a record recently found, I read "At her funeral 3 shillings
were paid for the mort. cloth."

I had an idea of what this may be, and found the following
site in my search.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenealogy/OPR%20Extracts.htm


Hope it's helpful to some.

Kathleen

[Berlin-Bob]

Scot.: Mortcloths were hired out by the kirk session to cover a coffin

You can find some topics on Mortcloths in the
RootsChat Reference Library => Lexicon ^{(click here)}

Bob

[adee7]

Thanks, Bob.

All interesting information on those, also.

Kathleen