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Help with words please
« on: Friday 06 May 16 21:37 BST (UK) »
Hello to all researchers,
Could any one decipher the words after labourer, looks to me like prayed some thing?  It's from a 1815 regimental muster.
Thank you all in advance.

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Re: Help with words please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 May 16 22:39 BST (UK) »
License?

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 07 May 16 01:10 BST (UK) »
 Yes I see "licence" plus the number.

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 07 May 16 06:29 BST (UK) »
Hi and thank you for helping, so what would prayed license mean ? assuming the first word is prayed?

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 07 May 16 06:56 BST (UK) »
Pray can be used in the sense of to ask earnestly for something. Licence (or license, as it appears here) means permission or leave to do something. This word is not connected with leave in the sense of to go away. He asked for leave, i.e. permission to be absent for some time.

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 07 May 16 07:03 BST (UK) »
Which regiment was it? I'd like to find to full page to view it in context.

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Re: Help with words please
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 07 May 16 09:11 BST (UK) »
Hi and thanks again,
The first regiment of Dragoon Guards
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