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From: "Sandra Lovegrove" <>
Subject: Re: [OEL] Curzon...? and Proctors of the Arches...?
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 14:14:25 +0100
References: <123185080968.20031003202134@yahoo.co.uk>


I agree that "citizen and (profession)" is a common style, and thus a more
likely form of description, so its good to know about the corrected
transcription.

SANDRA LOVEGROVE

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne" <>
To: <>
Sent: 03 October 2003 20:21
Subject: Re: [OEL] Curzon...? and Proctors of the Arches...?


> On 01/10/03 Sandra wrote this:
>
> S> "Proctor of the Arches" suggests he acted as agent for business before the
> S> Court of Arches (the ecclesiastical court of appeal).
>
> S> Is it possible that "curzon" is a misreading for "curs(it)or"? The context
> S> and root would appear to be make this term cognate with "cursitor", an
> S> official who drew up writs in the Chancery courts, cf. Cursitor Street off
> S> Chancery Lane in legal London.
>
> S> These roles would coincide well with his role as a Notary Public.
>
>
> Hi Sandra,
>
> Thanks for your response... I was sort of thinking along those
> lines but Eve and Lyn both suggested the word was a misreading of
> Citizen, which when my transcriber went back and checked, he now
> believes to be the case.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Anne mailto:
> Docwra Family Research Project
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~docwra/
>

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