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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Will extract 1530 English
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I have modernized the spelling, added some punctuation, and written out the abbreviations.
afore-
said, made the day and year above written. First
I will that Thomas my son shall have after my
decease the tenement or messuage called Idens
with the close garden & the shops. Item I will unto
Thomas my son another tenement or messuage called
Colens, sometime called Waltons, to have & to hold
the said messuage, cottage or tenement to the said Thomas,
his heirs and assigns, upon condition that
the said Thomas shall find a honest priest to
celebrate...
afore-
said, made the day and year above written. First
I will that Thomas my son shall have after my
decease the tenement or messuage called Idens
with the close garden & the shops. Item I will unto
Thomas my son another tenement or messuage called
Colens, sometime called Waltons, to have & to hold
the said messuage, cottage or tenement to the said Thomas,
his heirs and assigns, upon condition that
the said Thomas shall find a honest priest to
celebrate...