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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Latin probate & postscripts 1625- 1646
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Essentially, the postscripts show that on 23 May 1646 the son Francis Stebbyng asked the court to let him have the original will back, proving his entitlement to the greater part of the lands and tenements that had been left him in his father's will. The Chancellor, Clement Corbett, issued a decree in favour of this.
An exact copy of the will was then made and cross-checked with the original. The court would keep this copy, and when Francis returned the original into court it would be checked against the copy to ensure that nobody had tried to alter the original. This was standard practice.
The signatures are simply to confirm and witness what had been agreed. (Turfett is the Notary Public.)
An exact copy of the will was then made and cross-checked with the original. The court would keep this copy, and when Francis returned the original into court it would be checked against the copy to ensure that nobody had tried to alter the original. This was standard practice.
The signatures are simply to confirm and witness what had been agreed. (Turfett is the Notary Public.)