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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: brianz on Wednesday 14 June 17 09:41 BST (UK)
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I have almost finished transcribing a will but am stuck on the last line. It seems to have some abbreviations which I do not recognise, I have as far as,
Betwene them. Item I give to Alice bonde ?????????? ??? I give to ?? John ??? ? ???? John
Also the last word on the line above seems to be a contraction for something help please.
Thanks Steve
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It's amounts of money
Item I give to Alice bonde xxxiij s iiijd. I give to Sir John ace vj s viij d Sir John Ace pres(en)t beinge witnes.
xxxiij s iiijd = 33 shillings and 4pence.
vj s viijd = 6 shillings and 8 pence
The last 'i' for 1, was always converted into a 'j'
The line above alice bonde says
...whome I will to have iiij l betwene them
iij l = 4 pounds
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Item I give to Alice bonde 33s 4d I give to S(u)r? John Loe 6s 8d S(u)r? John Loe prest being witness.
The contraction in the line above is also an amount.
Looking forward to replies about the S(u)r as not sure I've got it right!
Hephzibah
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Thank you Goldie, good to find out where I've not got it right.
A great site for learning more!
Hephzibah
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Thanks to both of you for sorting that out, like they say you live and learn and this is a great forum for doing just that
Steve
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"Another effigy in the north chapel is of Sir John Loe and his lady."
St Andrew's, Chew Magna http://cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/c/Chew_Magna.htm
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I know this query was several years ago but I've just come across it by accident and thought I'd comment in case anyone is still interested. The last person named is definitely Sr John Ace not Loe. At this time S(i)r did not necessarily signify a knight, it was often used for a priest. Thats what the "prest" in the last line means. The testator lived in Wimborne Minster and there had been, until its dissolution a few years earlier, a Great Chantry locally which had several chaplains, one of which was John Ace or Ase. It seems pretty likely he's the man in the will. He may have been in need of a bit of support, if he hadn't been able to find another post.
See https://archive.org/stream/VictoriaHistoryofTheCountyofDorset/VictoriaHistoryofTheCountyofDorset_djvu.txt (search for "Ace")
(The name Hannam was found in Chew Magna and there was a Sir John buried there, but his surname was actually Saint Loe.)
David