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From: mjcl <>
Subject: Re: [OEL] Fw: Help with a 1598 Leicestershire will
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:25:15 +0000 (GMT)
Polly,
Having had an umpteenth look at it I agree.
Iam now leaning towards Burton.
All the best,
Martyn
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From: Polly Rubery <>
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Sent: Sunday, 29 April, 2007 6:19:19 PM
Subject: [OEL] Fw: Help with a 1598 Leicestershire will
Opps should have sent this to the List as well!
Polly
Hi Judith and Martyn
The name cannot be Brinton or Britton as there is definitely not an r as a
second letter - this is either an n (unlikely) or a u. The rs are
consistent throughout this document as the distinctive secretary hand r
somewhat like a small w.
I think it is this letter which is mixed up with the downstroke of the s in
the line above, hence my suggestion of Burton.
The "line joining the two ts" is actually the line coming away from the
second part of the r as it goes to the t, and then the stoke away from the
t. It is not a line drawn straight through. At this time the cross of the
t is not usually a separate stroke, but a continuation of the letter itself.
See the double tt in "wyttnesses" at the foot of the will.
Polly
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