69 or 49

[jane k]

here is a larger section,  There `s a 4 at the top and a 6 months half way down

[Karen McDonald]

Here is another vote for 69. 

Looking at the other examples of "4" on that page, I don't think this one is wide enough. The scribe has quite a long horizontal stroke in his "4". The number in question looks a lot slimmer - just like the other "6" (6 months).

[Gadget]

Yes. I'm more sure of the 6 now, As Karen says, it's more like the one in 6 months.

add - the marksto the left are smudged

[jane k]

Thanks.  It`s quite exciting if it is as it points towards another generation that I didn`t know about.
Our ancestor Isaac Kerby lived at Barclay Court which is where this chap died

[Treetotal]

I don't think there is any doubt, 69
Carol

[Dulaigh]

69

[horselydown86]

Having now examined the full double-page from St John the Baptist Clerkenwell, I have no doubt that William Kerby's age is 49 years.

The writer's 6 has a right-wards hook or bend at the top.  It can be seen clearly in the age for Joshua Rigby in the clip posted yesterday and I have clipped and attached others from the double-page here.

I have also clipped and attached other examples of 4 from this double-page.

Finally, taken from the next double-page, the age for the entry of 64 year-old Richard Molinoux.

[horselydown86]

Final 2 clips:

[Gadget]

I don't accept your argument. The number in the example we are looking at is cramped and does have a curve but is smudged. Also, I see that, in your last example, there is a definite backward loop at the bottom.  It is this loop in the figure that we are being asked to identify  that has been smudged. The 4 is more angular.