Help with an abbreviation related to indentures please

[ValJJJ]

Could anyone please tell me what the abbreviation d^c is on lines 4, 5 and 6?

The document is from UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811, City (Town) Registers 1786 Feb-1788 Aug.

Line 4, Seth Wayland is a master currier, and shown as City of Bath Co of d^c.  This abbreviation is on some other lines too and twice on line 6.

I take it to mean he is either a Freeman of the city of Bath, and a member of a honorary company of a particular trade/guild, or could be that his business is based there?

[Tickettyboo]

I think its 'do' (Ditto) and the line above says Somerset, which is the correct county for Bath

Boo

[teragram31510]

I agree with Tickettyboo.

Margaret

[JanSeifert]

Definitely a ditto.

J.

[Tickettyboo]

Just to add, the double 'do' on line 6 indicates its ditto-ing  both the last fully written county name and the last fully written occupation

Boo

[fiddlerslass]

Reminds me of a little tale in one of the James Herriot books. His wife had sent a bill to one of the Yorkshire farmers and had written ditto "do" under repeat items. The farmer came and queried the bill and said "I might have had a few of those, but I'm not paying for any of those  b*y dodos"

[ValJJJ]

Thanks all of you.  I was busy thinking of guilds - company of somethings!

Love the dodos story