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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: fizzix on Friday 17 August 18 15:28 BST (UK)
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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
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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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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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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