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From: mjcl <>
Subject: Re: [OEL] Help with a 1598 Leicestershire will
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:11 +0000 (GMT)


Garth,

Was the testator's wife previously married and did she have children by that marriage? If so I think that this refers to her children who technically weren't his heirs but hers and he wished to make provision for them. They do not seem to have had any children of their own as all the primary bequests are to his nephews and nieces.

All the best,

Martyn



----- Original Message ----
From: garth swanson <>
To: mjcl <>; Polly Rubery <>
Cc:
Sent: Friday, 27 April, 2007 9:18:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OEL] Help with a 1598 Leicestershire will


Martyn and Polly

It does seem that the word in line 1 could be heire and the sense would be correct but was this the way the word would have been used?

In line 5 I thought this was Swanson at first but was thrown by the p.

I will send the first page to you individually and to anyone else who might be interested.

Judith and I had discussed posting the whole, she had reservations about copyright and since there were no questions on page 1 we agreed to post the second page alone.

Garth

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