London metropolitan Archives

[rdarby]

Having trouble interpreting some words in the text from 1643, can anyone help?
The main one in question is the entry for 6th June which reads ' ..was christened Hester the daughter of John Barker in the house of m(?) Barker ?? dwelling in Walling street
The same word appears further down the page relating to another Barker (?Katheren)
I have circled the word which I think starts with 'A'
Is it an occupation or a description of the dwelling?
Any clues will be appreciated, thanks
Rosalie Darby

[bbart]

Wild guess!

Could he be trying to spell attorney as A t u r n y e ?

The A matches the A in August
The t matches the t in daughter
The u matches the u in August
The r matches the r in christened.
The n matches the n in christened.
The ye matches the ye in Julye.

[horselydown86]

I agree with bbart.

In both cases:  Aturnye = Attorney

The second reference:  ...Ann Atturnye... = ...an attorney...

The other word is a standard contraction for:  m(ast)^(er)

Here it means he had a qualification from a university.

ADDED:

It is:  watlinge street

Possibly the old Roman road?

ADDED 2:

I think the other daughter's name must be Katheren.

The initial is somewhat unusual in its formation, and there's a strange mark under the first e which doesn't seem to belong to anything.

ADDED 3:

What parish is this?  Watling Street runs in a north-westerly direction through the City from the northern end of London Bridge to Newgate.