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From: "Liz Parkinson" <>
Subject: Re: [OEL] Re: John Brenchley (the Elder) possible probate date.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:05:00 +0000
In-Reply-To: <003a01c69573$728b7e80$d2e8fc3e@lee1d3472aa30c>


I offered to try and work it out - I will still do it, but will take longer
if it is Latin, because I will do it two stages.

Liz
>
>Dear Will
>
>It's only the preamble that's in English. The rest of it is in Latin and
>looks like it's either a will or an inquisition post mortem. It's dated
>18th November in the 33rd year of the reign of Henry 6th. You can look that
>up fairly easily to get the calendar year. After that, it's a case of
>reading and translating the Latin. The writing isn't too bad but there are
>places where it's a bit indistinct.
>
>Audrey
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>>Can anyone make out what this document says? It's in English I can tell
>>that
>>much.
>>
>>http://www.brenchley.org/Image00001.jpg
>>http://www.brenchley.org/Image00003.jpg
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>>These two images are the same document. Image 3 is just enhanced a bit
>>perhaps.
>>Thanks
>>Will Johnson
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