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. It says: "Eod[e]m die* D[ic]tus Decanus** Cert. se Com[m]isisse Administrac[i]o [n]em bonoru[m] Thome Crisape nup[er] de Leeds Diaec. Ebor. 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[entu]m infra 20 Li[bra] Et praestita est ?Canc'o" I'm not sure what the last word is. 'Compotus' would fit the sense, but it doesn't really look like that. * refers back to the first entry, which is dated "Quarto die Mensis Jan [uar]ij Anno D[omi]ni pred[icto]" - which the heading says is 1700 (Old Style, which is 1701 New Style). ** the first entry says this is "Laurentius Benson Cl[er]icus Decanus Decanatus pred[icti] - ie of the Ainsty] Matt Tompkins mllt1@le.ac.uk