A will of 1716

[londonscorpion]

Good morning all.

I am transcribing a will of 1716 and there are a couple of words, plus all the latin probate section, which are causing a problem. Can anyone help.

Here is what I have for the first snippet:

1.   came to be decently interred at the Discretion of my
2.   Extor herein after named, and as for xxxx and
3.   concerning such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased

[Bookbox]

I agree with your transcription, apart from some capital letters/spelling, etc.

... came to be decently Interrd at the Discretion of my
Ex(ecu)to(ur) herein after named  And as for touching and
concerning such worldly Estate as it hath pleased ...

[londonscorpion]

Thanks for that, BB, and sorry for all the white space on that last one. Touching had crossed my mind too but just didn't seem to make sense. Can you shed some light.

Here is my take on the second snippet.

1.   Dower Third and widow xxxx which she may
2.   have claimed or xxxx to have any right or Title unto

[londonscorpion]

Here is the probate part (in 2 snippets).

[Bookbox]

Sorry, I have to go to work now, but others will no doubt help.

[horselydown86]

Second image:

...Dower Thirds and widows Bench which she may

have claime or p(re)tend to have any right or Title unto...

See:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01n5r/


ADDED:

The use of touching is very common in phrases used to introduce the worldly estate part of wills.

It's a figurative sense of the word, still used today - we talk about touching on a subject.

[londonscorpion]

Thanks Horsely, I somehow thought you might have the answer. That's a brilliant book - I've saved the link for further use.

[londonscorpion]

That lower case "L" after the P of Ptends: is that some shorthand for "something has been omitted - but you can guess what it is" !!

[horselydown86]

That lower case "L" after the P of Ptends: is that some shorthand for "something has been omitted - but you can guess what it is" !!

While it looks like a lower-case l here, it's actually a superscript squiggle, which is a standard contraction representing the letters re; and usually but not always seen after p.

I will see if I can find a clearer example and post a clip.

ADDED:

See the images attached to the first post here:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=798508.msg6557473#msg6557473