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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: ostrauts on Tuesday 10 January 17 01:00 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
Please could someone help me decipher the word above 'That your petitioner was never'. For the life of me I can't make it out.
Many thanks
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It says sheweth ie in modern terms shows
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Many thanks Pheno for your help. Much appreciated.
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Here are some sections from the petition letter that I'm having difficulties with:
Petition 1 Image:
James Robinson * *
Petition 2 Image
James Hunt of * * * in
Petition 3 Image:
Warwick of * linen off * in
Petition 4 Image:
James * in the parish
Many thanks for any help on these issues.
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Here are two:
Petition 1:
James Robinson Prinsable Witness
Petition 4:
James Pool in the parish
sami
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A couple of suggestions
Headlis Cross
West Linen
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Many thanks Sami. Thank Steve for your help. I've just searched a map of Warwick and there is a Linen Street. Perhaps referring to this area.
Still unsure of what follows Linen. Linen off * in.
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The word above "That your petitioner was never" is "Sheweth".
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Thanks John. Sami had already provided the answer to that one.
Can anyone work out what follows linen off * in?
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Do the words after 'in' give any clues?
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It reads as follows:
in the year 1819. So not much help unfortunately.
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West Linen, is referring to not a place name but the item stolen from James Hunt. It now reads:
Robbing James Hunt of Headless Cross in the parish of Ipsley in the county of Warwick of west linen off (something) in the year 1819.
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It's wett Linen (not west). Stealing wet linen off a washing-line was a common offence. Not sure of the last word, though.
ADDED - perhaps something like ...off a ledge...(?). Or ...off an Edges (= hedges)?
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It's wett Linen (not west). Stealing wet linen off a washing-line was a common offence. Not sure of the last word, though.
ADDED - perhaps something like ...off a ledge...(?)
I see - an Edge? in..... Can't figure out the last letter of that word. "off a ledge" makes more sense but I can't see that either.
sami
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Sorry, sami, I added a bit more while you were posting! I also think it's (h)edges, or similar. That could be a long final s at the end? Spreading out the washing to dry on the hedges was common enough practice.
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After further thought, I think it's actually written ...off an (h)Edg(er)y (= hedgery), with an er abbreviation running through the descender of the letter y at the end.
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Many thanks Sami and Bookbox for finding out the final word.
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1810 newspapers mention James HUNT of Headless Cross "on the great road leading from Bromsgrove to Alcester" :)
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After further thought, I think it's actually written ...off an (h)Edg(er)y (= hedgery), with an er abbreviation running through the descender of the letter y at the end.
Good one Bookbox. I don't think I would have figured that one out.
sami
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While I'm not fully confident about the writing of that last word, I think the sense is clear.
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'Stealing wet linen off the hedges' was known as 'lully prigging' I think.
Richard