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Two wills one word in secretary hand . Help Please
« on: Thursday 09 March 23 21:31 GMT (UK) »
One word eludes me, not sure why. Both wills have the following :

"doe make and declare this my ????? testament and last will in manner and forme following"

and for some reason I cannot recognise the same word in both indicated by the ???? above

Any help much appreciated
Fred
Stevens, Pye  East London

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Re: Two wills one word in secretary hand . Help Please
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 09 March 23 22:06 GMT (UK) »
It's a contraction of the word 'present'

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Re: Two wills one word in secretary hand . Help Please
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 09 March 23 22:08 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much Nell, there are a few contractions in both wills
Fred
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Re: Two wills one word in secretary hand . Help Please
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 October 23 15:28 BST (UK) »
There is some help with secretary hand abbreviations here: https://sway.office.com/2il2mOAQ3Dr1sZeP?ref=Link&loc=play
Saunders, Moran, Verspeak, Van Limbeek, Kenningale, Pugh, Day, Eynon.
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