"In gould of foure" possibly means "of four francs", since gold pistoles (usually 10 francs) and pistolets varied in value different parts of France and the Swiss cantons:- "Early Cantonal Coins Before 1848, most if not all of the cantons issued their own coins, and there are a variety of different denominations, including ducats, duplone, ecus, pistolet, goldgulden, franken and multiples and fractions of these". {website on early Swiss coinage). ----- Original Message ----- From: "YvonnePurdy" <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> To: <old-english@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:20 AM Subject: [OEL] Difficult line in 1590 will > Dear all, > > Many thanks indeed to everyone who responded and offered help with the > difficult word in my 1590 will. The > word appears to be "Pystolet" followed by "in gould of foure the value > 24s", and the term "Pystolet" is an old > name for a foreign gold coin, value c.a. 1590 about 6s. > > I've never come across this term before, so your replies are more than > helpful for me, and much appreciated. > > Thanks for all the help so speedily offered. > > With my best regards, > Yvonne > > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 3822 (20090203) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >