Author Topic: Land Measurement 1671 - archaic term Qugg?  (Read 590 times)

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Re: Land Measurement 1671 - archaic term Qugg?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 07 March 23 09:49 GMT (UK) »
You're welcome Zacktyr, I was happy to learn something new too.  :D


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Re: Land Measurement 1671 - archaic term Qugg?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 07 March 23 15:36 GMT (UK) »
But, with the reference provided by Radstockjeff I found the mentioned dictionary on archive.org hoping that it would provide a source reference for the coppice wood definition.  But, the dictionary provides no more enlightenment than what was provided by radstockjeff. 

So, when all is said and done, because the Lugg reference in the Will refers to the measure being made in the Testator's wood grove I have to go with a measurement of forty-nine square yards.

There's a bit more information in Joseph Wright's Dialect Dictionary - see the definition at the bottom right of page 687 here:

https://archive.org/details/cu31924088038405/page/686/mode/2up?view=theater

This gives a couple of abbreviated source references, which I haven't followed up. If the list giving complete titles isn't in that volume (there are 6 in all) it should be in one of the others, which you can find at

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j6q/
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Land Measurement 1671 - archaic term Qugg?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 07 March 23 17:33 GMT (UK) »
Try googling "a complete book of arithmetick samuel jeake 1701" and look for the readable version "digitized by University of Michigan".
See page 64