Marriage of Thomas BOYER & Lucy CHARGE around 1773

[Brie]

Oh good. I empathize - I'm currently transcribing a 16C will and the writing is difficult enough even without the jargon!

Brie

[Keithtug]

Would you believe it!!! Ancestry have put lots of wills on their website, including the one of Thomas BOYER . If I had waited a bit I could have saved myself the princely sum of £3.30!
Keith

[Brie]

We've had exactly the same happen with one of the wills we bought from the record office. However, £3.30 is not a lot when you think of the number of happy hours of entertainment provided by trying to transcribe them 

Brie

BTW were your Loughborough Boyers brewers or maltsters?

[Keithtug]

Hi Brie,
my BOYERS were (at least at the marriage of Thomas & Lucy) were in the wool trade, he was a "Woolstapler". From my time at an electronics firm who made textile test equipment, I think that a Woolstapler checked the length of the wool fibres, which would have been a fairly responsible job.
After that time he was a "Gentleman". There were quite a few Clergymen in the family too. But I haven't seen any references to the beer trade.
Best regards
Keith