Will help - Genealogists' Forum

Asa · #1 14-01-15, 16:06

I don't suppose anyone fancies having a go at transcribing a 1573 will for me? I'm struggling...

kiterunner · #2 14-01-15, 16:14

Is it in English or Latin, Asa?

Asa · #3 14-01-15, 16:17

English - I should be more used to it but finding this difficult.

Asa · #4 14-01-15, 16:19

It would help if I said which one it was in case anyone wants to have a look - FMP Oxfordshire wills, William Crutchfeild South Stoke 1573.

kiterunner · #5 14-01-15, 16:36

I'll have a go at it, Asa.

Asa · #6 14-01-15, 16:38

Thank you, Kate. I'd appreciate that.

Phoenix · #7 14-01-15, 16:42

Not volunteering a complete transcription, but the bits I can read are okay.

Are there any lines you are struggling with?

Phoenix · #8 14-01-15, 16:42

Whew, I see Kite got there first!

Asa · #9 14-01-15, 16:46

Thanks Phoenix, I could manage bits here and there but really wasn't making a good enough stab of it to ask someone to fill the blanks in. *Ashamed*

Phoenix · #10 14-01-15, 16:59

I find that it's the Victorian handwriting that I can't cope with.

I can read a Tudor hand, but the spelling sometimes defeats me. Words like "neve" (nephew) and "inioie" (enjoy) took me ages to puzzle out.