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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with burial insciption in December 1593
« on: Monday 29 June 20 22:08 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: goldie61 on Monday 29 June 20 04:35 BST (UK)
Quote from: tamarakel on Monday 29 June 20 01:26 BST (UK)

Wow AMAZING, thank you so much, may I ask how you figured out the date? I have others to decipher and I haven't been able to find a document that helps with numbers in the 15th century..,

They use Roman numerals.
So 1 is an 'i'. The last 'i' is always written as a 'j'.
5 is a 'v'
10 is an 'x'.

So iiij here in this piece you've posted is 4.

xxviij would be 20 + 5 + 3 = 28
and so on.

Take a look at this site:
https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#/guide/numbers

Awesome, I thought that's what it might be but wasn't sure. I learned the roman numerals in school, but that was a long time ago, guess time for a refresher. Thank you so much for the info!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with burial insciption in December 1593
« on: Monday 29 June 20 01:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Bookbox on Monday 29 June 20 01:08 BST (UK)
Henry Birt a serv(a)nt buried from Milend [= Mile End] the iiijth [4th] of the same [month]

You’ll need to look higher up the page for the month.


Wow AMAZING, thank you so much, may I ask how you figured out the date? I have others to decipher and I haven't been able to find a document that helps with numbers in the 15th century..,

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with burial insciption in December 1593
« on: Monday 29 June 20 00:32 BST (UK)  »
I'm having a problem deciphering the inscription especially the end part of it..any help would be much appreciated, thanks again!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher the first letter, 1642 document
« on: Friday 19 June 20 18:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for your help and everyone's help in the forum! Hope you are all well, and hi from Canada

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher the first letter, 1642 document
« on: Friday 19 June 20 12:50 BST (UK)  »
this is another example, that I believe the first letter is an S? for Susanna?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher the first letter, 1642 document
« on: Friday 19 June 20 12:41 BST (UK)  »
Here are more of the document that I am trying to decipher as well as another example of that letter, I have found a document that says that the little w on top of a letter could mean ra or re, I will try to find that info..

Please let me know if you need me to find an example of an H or an S after seeing what I posted today... and thank you so much for your help!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Can't decipher the first letter, 1642 document
« on: Thursday 18 June 20 12:03 BST (UK)  »
I am having a hard time deciphering the first letter, I believe the name is Sutton, but I can't find a match for the first capital letter..

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Northumberland / Re: Naming patterns
« on: Saturday 04 May 19 03:14 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Oneday on Saturday 04 May 19 02:06 BST (UK)
Here is an interesting link which covers naming patterns well:  http://www.tarhalla.com/naming_patterns_for_children.htm

There is also this to consider:  http://ourfondmemories.com/Sweden15.00_Patronymic_Naming_Practices.htm

Amazing, I really appreciate this info, thank you!

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Northumberland / Re: Naming patterns
« on: Saturday 04 May 19 03:13 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Wendy2305 on Saturday 04 May 19 01:51 BST (UK)
Hi yes the Scots had a naming pattern typically it was
1st son after paternal grandfather
2nd son after maternal grandfather
3rd son after father

1st daughter after maternal grandmother
2nd daughter after paternal grandmother
3rd daughter after mother


Subsequent children could be named after family friends vicar influential people etc


Perfect, thank you very much!!

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