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17th C deed of sale, more queries
« on: Friday 17 August 18 15:28 BST (UK) »
I'm still plodding through this document & have come across a couple more words that I can't make sense of.

The first I believe is "courflages" which when I google it only produces a couple of other old docs, but no meaning. It appears to be describing a building or area of land, as the rest of the list is barns, stables, gardens & plots of land.

The second i think is "escripts", which i also can't find, but the second word looks to me like "minuments" I assume that this is some sort of charge against land as it's part of a list viz: fines, recoveries, counterparts of leases.

I'd be very grateful for any assistance, thanks in advance.
Jacqui
Walls, James, Waterworth, Coram, Higman, Ecroyd, Battersby, Monk, Hine, Reid, Hancock, Glanville, Hudspith, McDonald, Podesta, Wyatt, Harrison, Scantlebury, Davey, Whiting, Edmonds, Glover, Donnithorne.

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Re: 17th C deed of sale, more queries
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 August 18 15:45 BST (UK) »
Courflage sounds as if it involves something being covered.

Escripts will mean "writings" (like scripts). "Muniment" is a current word for a document making good a claim (e.g. title deeds). This looks like a variation of the word or perhaps even a mis-spelling.

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Re: 17th C deed of sale, more queries
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 August 18 15:46 BST (UK) »
Courtlages

See:   http://www.thedialectdictionary.com/view/letter/Devon/368/

A variant of curtilage, seemingly.

escripts & muniments

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Potentially muniments could be mis-spelled minuments, depending on how disciplined the writer is in dotting his i.

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Re: 17th C deed of sale, more queries
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 August 18 16:33 BST (UK) »
Thanks to you both
As this is in Devon and the only other mention I found was from Bideford the devenish variant makes sense. Muniments, also as spellings are variable.
Thanks again
Jacqui
Walls, James, Waterworth, Coram, Higman, Ecroyd, Battersby, Monk, Hine, Reid, Hancock, Glanville, Hudspith, McDonald, Podesta, Wyatt, Harrison, Scantlebury, Davey, Whiting, Edmonds, Glover, Donnithorne.

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