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Offline Finley 1

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sorry cannot read this will
« on: Saturday 16 June 18 22:12 BST (UK) »
please can someone help with this strange word..

cannot for the life of me tell what it means..


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Re: sorry cannot read this will
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 16 June 18 22:14 BST (UK) »
Messuages??

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Re: sorry cannot read this will
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 16 June 18 22:53 BST (UK) »
Right :) 


thank you


 crazy words.


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so many of my Ancestors left money or messuages tenemants freehold property etc etc to their assigns.. and heres me 'skint'   bless em all :)

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 16 June 18 23:01 BST (UK) »
messuage |ˈmeswij|
noun Law
a dwelling house with outbuildings and land assigned to its use.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin manere ‘dwell.’

You get it in nearly every will.  :)
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs

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Re: sorry cannot read this will
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 17 June 18 10:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks also Goldie


these wills are so informative.. this one led me to the correct parents for my 6th GG maternal.  Brilliant.


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