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"my ghostlie father"
I'm transcribing a will from 1559 and the testator is saying:
"And also I make and ordayne my ov’seers &c Roger Whelar my ghostlie father and Hughe Swayne my brother" I haven't seen this before. I have googled and I taken Roger Whelar to be a priest. Is this correct? Last edited by ElizabethHerts; 19-02-15 at 21:36. |
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Yes, he was obviously the vicar at Cocking during that period.
http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/j...cUnitKey=14294 |
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Chambers Dictionary gives "spiritual" as an obsolete definition of "ghostly".
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Thanks, Kate. Well, you learn something new every day!
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Romeo called Friar Lawrence "my ghostly father" in Romeo & Juliet.
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