1668 Will - COMPLETE

[grantleydawn]

Just when I think that these Wills are getting easier to read, I stumble. Could someone please suggest the words that are giving me grief.

“sd [said] Land Abuting upone pryers ffenn to him his heirres & Assignes for ever to be equelly devided ?inerwhort? the ?m..?
with free ?Egrese? & ?Regrane? & free passage one by another to them there heirres & Assignes for ever, Item I give to
James AVELING my sonn five acers [acres] with the Aportenancies [appurtenances] Lying & being in basnallmoore peter ?Dooowomg? west & Abuting
upone thorney Lordship to him his heirres & Assignes for ever, Item I give to Thomas AVELING my sonn the other five acers
of the sd [said] parshall of Land being in bassnollmoore with the aporttenance [appurtenances] being the East Side & Robert Colls one the East & ?...? [possibly a line filler]
Abuting upone thorne lordship: to him his heirres & Assignes for ever to be equally devided downe the ?medst? ?throm? the ?.....?
?drone? to thorne lordship; Item I give to James AVELING my sonn one halfe acer [acre] of free Land in stonnold foold with the ?apor....? [appurtenances]”

Regards
Grantley

[Hephzibah]

Happy New Year Grantley
Difficult as it is so tiny!
'Egress & Regress', (although letter wise cannot read the latter as such) as in going out & coming in - as in the free access which follows!
 Maybe 'Deconton' or 'Decowton', followed by '& west'. Couldn't quite make out if there is a line above the word,but can't fit a vowel in anywhere!
I'll have another go later
Hephzibah

[grantleydawn]

Thankyou Hephzibah and I hope you have a good new year.

It is all so obvious when someone else points it out.

Attached is a larger version of;
[eque]lly devided ?inerwhort? the ?med?
[Assi]gnes for ever, Item I give to
peter ?Docowomg? west & Abuting

the sentence reads “to be equelly devided ?inerwhort? the ?med? with free Egrese [Egress] & Regrane [Regress] & free passage one by another”

Regards
Grantley

[Roger in Sussex]

Hi Grantley and Hephzibar,

I think the word after "egress and..."  is "regrade". I have an old dictionary which gives that as having the same meaning as "regress".

Roger

[grantleydawn]

Thankyou Roger,

The terminology of Egress & Regress is the main part. Something that I hadn’t come across, before. The actual word regress may have been spelt in this document as “regrace” with a squiggle above the “e”.
 
Attached are larger versions of the last bit;
downe the ?medst? ?throm? the ?.....?
Land in stonnold foold with the ?apor....? [appurtenances]”

note: this document uses 2 versions of the “h”

The other is;
Abuting upone thorne lordship:
?drone? to thorne lordship; Item

the sentence reads similar to the first segment “to be equally devided downe the ?medst? ?throm? the ?.....? ?drone? to thorne lordship;”

Regards
Grantley

[Hephzibah]

My last attempt!

peter Decon? Decow? on the? west
equally devided downe the medst (?midst= middle: use of 'e' instead of 'i' as in devided) ffrom? the Common?? drene (drain?)
land in Stonnold feeld (field)

Whew!!!

Hephzibah


Stonnold feeld? 

[grantleydawn]

Once again, thankyou Hephzibah.

I appreciate it

Regards
Grantley