On 5 Apr, 16:16, singhals <singh...@erols.com> wrote: > Would any/all of you familiar with the handwriting and boiler-plate > of English documents of the 1695-1710 period PLEASE have a look at > this one? > One Thomas Crissop died, and this document appears in the records of > the Ainsty of York. =A0We thought he died 1701; this is in the 1700 > records which began in January 1700. 4th entry down the image. I thought I posted a transcript of the Crisape entry an hour ago, but it hasn't appeared, so here is another one: [ It was cross-posted with soc.genealogy.methods, and Methods is a moderated group and there are inevitable delays. I've posted both your articles, because I think there is some difference in the content. - the soc.genealogy.methods moderator ] Eod[e]m die D[ic]tus Decanus* Cert' se Comisisse Adminitrac[i]o[n]em bonoru[m] Thome Crisape nup[er] de Leeds Dioec[esis] Ebor[acensis] abintestato (ut asseritur) morien[s] Eden' Crisape Vid[ue] ejus Rel [ic]te prius Jurat[a] (Salvo et[c.)] Ex[hi]bitu[m] fuit Jnv[entoriu]m ultra 20 Li[bra] Et praestita est Canc'o * this refers back to the first entry on the page, which says: Ainsty Anno D[omi]ni 1700 Quarto die Mensis Jan[uar]ij Anno D[omi]ni pred[icto] M[agiste[r] Laurentius Benson Cl[er]icus Decanus Decanatus pred[icti] ... As someone has already said, this is almost certainly 1700 Old Style, ie 1701 New Style. I'm not sure what that last word is - from the context you'd expect 'compotus', but I can't persuade myself that's what it says. Nor am I sure of the correct extension of Cert' in the first line; it's an unusual construction I haven't seen before, though the sense is clear - that letters of administration were issued Matt Tompkins mllt1@le.ac.uk