Anyone for hangman ?

[Gert in Oz]

I have been playing hangman with Adam Underwoods will today and wondered if anyone would like a turn,its only one word.

It goes,

Imprimis, i resign my soul into ye hands of Almighty God my mircefull. In thus hoping through ye alone merits ................... of my lord Jesus Christ


I know Mercifull is spelt wrong, thats how it is on the will

Now the missing word looks to be 10 letters long

_ i _ _ i _ tion

I brought myself a magnifying glass and still can`t work out the word and was hopeing one of our resident geniouses could figure it out please.

Thank you for any help

Sylvia

[maggie_4_7]

Contrition!

Can you put a scanned image up of the word?

[Gert in Oz]

Agh, it wont let me put it on the bucket

Sylvia

[Gert in Oz]

Sorry Maggie not Contrition, the second i is in the wrong place thank you

Sylvia

[Gert in Oz]

Thank you too Valley, there seems to be more than one i in it though.

Sylvia

[kiterunner]

If you can just get the image of that word, it should be small enough for you to attach it as an image on this forum without having to use photobucket (click on the paperclip).

[Gert in Oz]

Thank you for the suggestion, but its a tagged image file format. wonder if i scan the will again, i can get a different format

Sylvia

[kiterunner]

Can't you press the "Print Screen" button, then open Microsoft Paint and paste the image in, then edit the image to just get the word you want, and do it that way?

[Gert in Oz]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb101/gert1945/h2.jpg

Have changed the format, hope this works

Whoohoo it did, the file was too large for the paper clip

The line on the letter 3 from the end comes down from the letter F on the line above

Sylvia

[Gert in Oz]

Thats what i did Kiterunner thank you

Sylvia

[maggie_4_7]

Well I haven't got very far but I think the letter before T is N.

I've colour corrected it and done a negative.

[Phoenix]

Without seeing the image, my first thought was "Mediation" and looking at the image now, that could be the word.

[Gert in Oz]

Could be too Pheonix thank you, have just looked at the will and it looks right,

In thus hoping through ye alone merits mediation of my lord Jesus Christ

Just looking to see if it sounds right

Sylvia

[Gert in Oz]

Well I haven't got very far but I think the letter before T is N.

I've colour corrected it and done a negative.

I also thought it could be an N Maggie and a negative approach didn`t seem any clearer to me. Thank you for looking.

Sylvia

[Phoenix]

What period are we talking? I have just re-read what you said and to make sense, that should be two words, not one, of which the first would be "and"

I take it that the two heavy down strokes actually come from the line above?

[Gert in Oz]

we are talking 1743 and the first of the heavy down stokes is a T, its the same as other Ts in the will. the second one comes down from an F on the line above

Sylvia

[maggie_4_7]

Absolution!

Bearing in mind that the word might not be spelt right it could be a few things.

[Gert in Oz]

It could be anything Maggie, being from that era, the only thing i am sure of is the last 4 letters

Sylvia

[Phoenix]

Sylvia

can you put any more up? (or pm me the will?)

[Gert in Oz]

PM on it way Pheonix, thank you

Sylvia

[Olde Crone]

I always ignore the God bit at the beginning.

*Feels embarrassed now*

OC

[maggie_4_7]

I always ignore the God bit at the beginning.

*Feels embarrassed now*

OC

:)

Don't worry I would too that is if I ever came across a will in my family - which I doubt because they didn't have pot to piddle in.

I'd be looking at the chattels and names :d

Don't worry OC if I make one I won't mention God at all.

[Olde Crone]

Ooooh, Maggie, you've just reminded me!

A contact sent me a copy of an admon for mutual rellies on the Isle of Man in the late 1700s.

It was without doubt the saddest thing I have ever read. The law is/was on IOM that a surviving spouse got half of everything if there was no Will.

It listed EVERYTHING in the house and garden.

Half a broken wooden chair
Half a broken clay pot, large
Half a broken clay pot, small
Half a shovel handle

And so on and on. There wasn't a thing worth having. The whole lot was valued at about two shillings and I reckon that was optimistic.

It really brought it down to me how POOR these people were.

OC

[Phoenix]

I always ignore the God bit at the beginning.

*Feels embarrassed now*

OC

I did a whole project & essay on the "God bit" once. It is supposed to be a guide to the religion of the testator, though if it's written by the priest you are not going to get much say in it.

This preamble is obviously protestant, but there wouldn't be many references to Mary and the angels in a will proved in a Cof E court!

[Gert in Oz]

* I`m in Shock*

OC, of all people i thought you would read the God bit at the beginning, Your so thorough with finding stuff and making sure its right.

Sylvia

PS. this is my first will, thats possibly why i want to know what it says.