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ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 12:51
I have a will from1638 and the testator is leaving one of his daughters some household items:

Item I give unto my daughter Prudence five shillings to be paid within halfe a year next after my decease More over I give unto her my great brasse pott and a little potte and the browninge bottle and and (sic) one ?he? medling bottle and the Joyned bedstead and table in the further chamber and also three platters;

It looks just like "medling" bottle. There is a possibility the "m" at the beginning of the word is something else, but it very much looks like an m.

Lindsay
27-04-13, 13:29
Wild guess - could it be something to do with medlars?

kiterunner
27-04-13, 13:37
Can you post up an image of the word, please, Elizabeth?

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 13:43
I'll do it asap, Kate.

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 13:52
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc78/lambelizabeth/P1140714_zpsfc5ee8cd.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/lambelizabeth/media/P1140714_zpsfc5ee8cd.jpg.html)

The word is more or less in the centre.

Phoenix
27-04-13, 13:55
It's one other.....

are you sure it isn't kettle, rather than bottle?

Could medling mean of the middling size?

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 13:56
Now I look at it I think it might be "kettle" and not "bottle".

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 13:58
It's one other.....

are you sure it isn't kettle, rather than bottle?

Could medling mean of the middling size?

:D Once I saw the words enlarged it became clearer. The copy I have is smaller.
Before is mentioned "the browninge kettle".

"Medling" referring to size seems to be a good explanation, Kate, thanks.

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 14:00
What is the word before "medling"?

Phoenix
27-04-13, 14:25
other

ElizabethHerts
27-04-13, 14:46
other

:D It's so obvious, Phoenix, now you have told me. I kept on seeing a capital A! I had no trouble at all with the rest of the will, just a mental block on this.

Many thanks.