Hi again Thank you to the two listers on the Durham and Yorkshire mail boards who responded to my enquiry re the relationship of William to Master......... given in the 1597 will of William Saier in which it was suggested that perhaps the word Master meant son, in the way that we still refer to a young boy as master. However the will states `It[e]m I com[m]itt the tuition of my sonne John Saer and his porc[i[on unto my m[aste]r master John Saier' This indicates Master John Saier was in fact an adult relative being asked to supervise the education of William's young son John Saier, a minor. You'll remember that another section of the will referred to other Saier relatives as `Master', eg. `It[e]m I give and bequeath my whole title and Interest of my farme in Kilvington aforesayed unto John my sonne, in considerac{i}o[n] of his child[e]s porc{i}on. It[e]m I give unto my master M[aste]r John Saer xxs. It[e]m I give unto M[aste]r George Saer xs and to wife xs and to M[ist]res Westrop xs. It[e]m I give unto M[aste]r Richard Saer[e]s eldest sonne iijli vjs viijd. It[e]m I give to my brother Frauncis Saer[e]s children 2 xli.' So, I so think Master may mean brother, or a senior relative like an uncle. Would anyone else have any thoughts? It would be good to resolve as I'm sure that lots of wills written at this time referred to people in such terms and I wouldnt want to make any wrong assumptions! By the way, thank you for some very useful comments re monetary values - fascinating!! Cheers Laurel Sayer (researching all instances of Sayer and varients in North Yorkshire and Durham) > >