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It's only words....
« on: Saturday 30 May 20 18:55 BST (UK) »
Hi again folks. Two things giving me bother in the attached paragraph. I've learned my lesson and provided the whole paragraph, this time!

One is the word underlined in red. I've also attached a closeup of the word on its own. The other is the signature at bottom left - William xxxxx. Again, I've attached a closeup.

Thanks in advance

Alan S.

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 30 May 20 20:24 BST (UK) »
... to keep him from all Deadly as Law will.

I think it’s used in a clause of warranty, guaranteeing possession of a property against any challenge. No doubt someone with more Scottish legal knowledge than I will come along and explain it.

The signature definitely ends ...field. Could be Polefield ? Or Scolefield ?

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 30 May 20 21:14 BST (UK) »
Bookbox is right. It's "deadly". The usual form is "against all deadly as law will". It was used in the 18th century, but changed in the 19th century to what it still is - "against all mortals".

Deadly is in the sense of "liable to death", hence = "mortals".

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 31 May 20 05:44 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Bookbox on Saturday 30 May 20 20:24 BST (UK)
The signature definitely ends ...field. Could be Polefield ? Or Scolefield ?

Also possibly:  Portefield

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I lean towards it being a t because he's looped his other ls.

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 31 May 20 09:33 BST (UK) »
Possibly Porterfield. Polefield and Scolefield don't appear in Black's Surnames of Scotland. Porterfield has a reasonably long entry and includes one 16th century reference to a Portfield in Aberdeen, saying it might be a form of Porterfield.

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 31 May 20 09:36 BST (UK) »
I agree Portefield looks good here.

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Re: It's only words....
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 31 May 20 19:18 BST (UK) »
I'm happy that 'deadly' is right for the first part, but I'm not so convinced about 'Porterfield' as the name. Yes, it does look possible, but there is no 'Porterfield' in the list of names that Fife Family History Society extracted from the original document.

Be that as it may, I'm going to go through the list looking for any Williams, checking their surnames as possible matches. Of course, could be that FFHS didn't spot/didn't try to decipher that one. However, if I check the list and find no matches I'll enter 'Porterfield?' in my transcript to indicate uncertainty.
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