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Latin Will 1503- leaving him a mine?
« on: Saturday 25 May 19 23:58 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I this snippet from a Will that I have almost completed translating.  However, there is this snippet that I am not quite able to read clearly enough.  I'm fairly certain that the beneficiary is not receiving a mine or two of something else, also which I cannot read.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
CRN-Hocking
DVN-Bickle.Doble.Harris.Hill.Nrthcte
KEN-Austen.Bodeker.Collard.Dodd.Duncan.Eaton.Gregry.Hammnd.Herman.Hills.Hodgs.Ivysn.
James.Kemp.Milstd.Nut.Owlet.Ruck.Spilet.Terry.Tilby.Thmsn.Walker
SOM-Baker.Clatworthy.Linton.Parker.Smith.Stone.Twose
ABD-Barclay.Cruickshank.McKenzie.Shepherd.Club
LKS-Douglas.Gunn.Turner
MLN-Dicks/Dickson.Duff.Lindsay.Young
SHI-Bain.Cluness.Fordyce.Gray.Petrie
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Re: Latin Will 1503- leaving him a mine?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 26 May 19 00:26 BST (UK) »
Sorry I can’t help, but I suspect that anyone who can might ask for a slightly larger sample of the surrounding writing.  :) You seem to have sliced off a few bits of the letters in your snip.

It is permissible to provide a few lines either side - some people put a little red arrow or similar beside the line or lines they require help with.  :)

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Re: Latin Will 1503- leaving him a mine?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 26 May 19 00:44 BST (UK) »
... coclearia argent(ea) s(e)c(un)dam(?) bigam legata(m) cu(m) ferro et duos equos
... silver spoons, a second(?) iron-bound cart, and two horses

As Ruskie has said, it would be very much easier if you would post larger extracts. Please resist trimming around individual lines like this. At least one full line above and below should be shown, to help distinguish between contraction marks and descenders/ascenders of other letters above or below.

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Re: Latin Will 1503- leaving him a mine?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 26 May 19 16:25 BST (UK) »
Bookbox, simply amazing.  You've cracked this one as well.  I was having difficulty with the word s[e]c[un]dam as the flourish of the "I" below it was covering the second letter.  Likewise the word "eguos" was giving me some problems.  Logically, I was telling myself it was horses but the word "eguos" doesn't exist in Latin, so not 100% certain on that word.  An iron-bound cart makes much more sense than an iron mine!

So, thank you, once more, Bookbox.  This is terrific.
CRN-Hocking
DVN-Bickle.Doble.Harris.Hill.Nrthcte
KEN-Austen.Bodeker.Collard.Dodd.Duncan.Eaton.Gregry.Hammnd.Herman.Hills.Hodgs.Ivysn.
James.Kemp.Milstd.Nut.Owlet.Ruck.Spilet.Terry.Tilby.Thmsn.Walker
SOM-Baker.Clatworthy.Linton.Parker.Smith.Stone.Twose
ABD-Barclay.Cruickshank.McKenzie.Shepherd.Club
LKS-Douglas.Gunn.Turner
MLN-Dicks/Dickson.Duff.Lindsay.Young
SHI-Bain.Cluness.Fordyce.Gray.Petrie
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED HERE IS FROM MY OWN DIRECT EXPERIENCE & NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE