Robt Shapley's burial

[Phoenix]

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fdev%2f007341738%2f00070&parentid=gbprs%2fdev%2fbur%2f743910&highlights=%22%22

It took me a little time to find this, even though I know an awful lot about the funeral, on which over £200 was spent. It took place 11 Fb 1660/1.

But what are the three or four words at the end? Can anyone make sense of them?

[scuda]

"senior twise major also"

twice major refers back to the previous entry, I think.

scuda

[Phoenix]

Mayor!! Thank you, scuda!

Food poisoning at a banquest, do you suppose? It seems most unusual that two ex mayors die within so short a space of time.

[kiterunner]

Is the previous burial actually a former mayor or the son of one?

[Phoenix]

It is, of course, the son, Kite.