Chancery case

[mckha489]

This snip falls in the middle of this phrase. What is the word after "should be  &..."?  I thought perhaps it meant "Etc" but it makes no sense (to me)  in the context.

and of his said will appointed the said Catherine Countess of Donegall sole Executrix and charging amongst other things that the said Earl did by letter to the said Jno Echingham Chichester appoint the said Three Hundred pounds & the Interest thereof should be & …. to your oratrix to and for her own proper use & benefit  absolutely and charged that the said Earl soon after dyed and that the said Catherine Countess of Donegall proved his said will & took on her the execution thereof

[mckha489]

second line

a Discovery of the ..........  in ye s'd Bill

[horselydown86]

It might be:  ...should be & go to your...

Can you post some other examples of g for comparison?

The second is difficult without more context.

It looks like mres, in the same way that lres is a standard contraction of letteres, but I can't think what that might be.

[mckha489]

I think you are correct. It's a g. so go.

[mckha489]

More context for the other word

said Earl soon after dyed and that the said Catherine Countess of Donegall proved his said will & took on her the execution thereof and that  yr oratrix or her said mother on her behalf had applyed to have the said legacy of Three hundred pounds & Interest out of the personal or Trust Estate of the said Earl of Donegall and prayed a Discovery  of the ……. in ye s’d Bill charged and prayed that the s’d Jno Echingham Chichester might in case he had received the said Three Hundred pounds Legacy account with your Oratrix & pay over the same with interest from the expiration of six months after the Testators death and that if he had not received the same that then the said Executrix & the said Trustees of the said real Estate

[horselydown86]

Thanks for posting the extra text.  Nothing further has come to mind I'm afraid.

I presume the word Discovery here is used in the legal sense.  So the answer is likely to be in the Bill.  Have you read it?

[mckha489]

Thank you for looking and thinking H.D.

I am ploughing through the first of four A3plus size pages plus another 8 smaller pieces. Thank goodness it is reasonably legible.

[horselydown86]

Just hit me:  in(dentu)res

[mckha489]

Hmm, that would certainly make sense in the context, but here is an 'I'