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Offline Rosinish

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Re: Changing signatures
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 26 October 22 02:11 BST (UK) »
I believe the signatures are of the same hand, the formation of letters are identical.

There may have been a change in the spelling for some reason but it wasn't unusual to see variants.
Was his name on the will of his cousin in 1672 written as Pyke & he's signed with same to match?

Do you have other docs. with variations, even by his children?

Spelling of names rightly/wrongly (variants) wasn't an issue back then.

I've seen variations of the same surname (not Pyke/Pike I may add), on the same doc.

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Re: Changing signatures
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 26 October 22 02:30 BST (UK) »
I too think they are of the same hand.

I have an ancestor who was one of those church officials who signed as witness for most weddings and his signature over time changed in a similar manner. It was quite interesting to see this over the years.

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Re: Changing signatures
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 27 October 22 15:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks, everyone.

All his children spelt their names with a 'y' and, on his cousin's will of 1672, the other Pyke parties also spelt the name with a 'y.' It may just have been that old age meant writing an 'i' was easier; as others have said, all the other letters are identical.

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