Bruce wrote: << The 1628 Wiseman inventory gives every impression (to me) as being an original document with a notarization at the bottom in another ink and hand. >> No question about it. The three images of which record P5/1628/104 consists are of the "original" inventory and will (i.e., those presented to the court). << It would seem that the possibility the inventory was from the hand of William Carpenter are high. >> How are we to reconcile this with the signature--by mark--of church warden William "Crpener" on the 1628 glebe terrier? (The other church warden, John "Tallmage," also signed by mark; as one would expect, vicar Rowland "Hyll" signed his name.) That this was someone other than the eventual William1 Carpenter (_Bevis_, 1638) is highly unlikely, particularly in light of the Wiseman will's naming Mr. Rowland Hill and "Will[ia]m Capender ye elder"--almost certainly two of the three signatories of the glebe terrier--as his overseers. William1 Carpenter was unable to put pen to paper except to make his mark. Even if he had been able to write, he was but one of three men who took Thomas Wiseman's estate inventory. Either of the other two or someone else entirely could just as easily have prepared the inventory's final draft. Gene Z. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour