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Subject: The will of Dorothy Cruwys spinster of Westminster 1757
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:14:06 EDT


I have a couple of minor queries in a will which I am transcribing and I
wonder if anyone has any suggestions. I am puzzled by what appears to be the
word "Lead" in the following extract:

"As to my Body my desire is to have it buried in a deep Grave in St.
Margarets Church Yard Westminster underneath the North Window next to the West end
of the Abbey as near the Wall as the Dean and Prebends will give leave If I
dye out of Town I desire to be carried directly to my Grave in a plain Wainscot
coffin covered with thin sheets of Lead? and no other Covering or
Inscription or any Ornament to adorn it in a Hearse and four horses and one Mourning
Coach to attend it"

I'm also puzzled by the item of clothing in the following extract. My best
guess is "Laces" which doesn't seem to make much sense:

"Item I give to Elizabeth Finney if she is my servant when I dye Fifty pound
the worst half of all my Cloaths excepting my Laces? Five Guineas for
Mourning"

I've posted scans on the translators' board for reference:

_http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/topics.researchresources.translato
rs_
(http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/topics.researchresources.translators)

Debbie Kennett
CRUWYS one-name study
www.one-name.org/profiles/cruwys.html


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