<<44 I read it as yead[es], i.e. yards, which makes sense although the first letter does look remarkably like a g!>> I, too, at first read it as 'yeade', also assuming that it meant 'yard', but the fact that the initial letter was so clearly a 'g', and the second looked rather more like an 'o' than an 'e', pushed me to look up 'goad' in the OED, where I found this: Goad, n. 3. A measure of length. a. A cloth-measure = 4 feet. Obs. 1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 17 My Lord schal haue of hym iiij.c goodes off white..and my Lord schal pay him for euery goode, ix.d. 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw VI, c. 6 §1 Cottonnes called Manchester..and Chesshire Cottonnes..shalbe in lenghe twentie two goades and conteyne in bredith thre quarters of a yarde in the water. 1674 S. JEAKE Arith. (1696) 65 In 1 Goad..4 Feet, a Measure in some places for Land and Cloth received by Custom. 1721 C. KING Brit. Merch. I. 181, 1200 C. Goads of Cotton. 1727 W. MATHER Yng. Man's Comp. 399 In London, the Yard is used for Silks, Woollen Cloth, &c. The Ell for Linnen Cloth, &c., and the Goad for Frizes, Cotton, and the like. b. A land-measure (see quots. and cf. GAD 6). 1587 FLEMING Contn. Holinshed III. 1353/1 The space of fortie goad (euerie goad conteining fifteene foot). 1880 E. Cornw. Gloss. s.v., It represents nine feet, and two goads square is called a yard of ground. The Gad 6 entry says: Gad, n. 6. A measuring rod for land; hence, a measure of length differing in various districts. Cf. GOAD n. c1440 Promp. Parv. 184/1 Gad, to mete wythe londe (P. gadde, or rodde), decempeda. 1502 ARNOLDE Chron. (1811) 173 In dyuers odur placis in this lande they mete ground by pollis gaddis and roddis some be of xviij. foote some of xx fote and som xvi fote in lengith. 1599 SKENE De Verb. Sign. s.v. Particata, Ane rod is ane staffe, or gade of tymmer, quhairwith land is measured. 1706 PHILLIPS (ed. Kersey), Gad, or Geometrical Pearch, a Measure of Ten Foot, and in some places but Nine Foot. b. A division of an open pasture, in Lincolnshire usually 6 feet wide; = SWATH. 1593 Kirton-in-Lindsey Court Roll (N.W. Linc. Gloss.). 1717 N. Riding Rec. VII. 285, I am seized of..four gads in the Bishop Ings. 1794 Act Inclos. S. Kelsey 19 Owners and Proprietors of Gads in a certain Piece of Ground..each Gad being Two Roods, Two Perches and a Half. If you look carefully the final letter, hidden under the tail of the h in the line above, it is 'e', not -es. Matt Tompkins

Hi Matt, Thanks for solving that one. I was not happy with my offering at all!! Having re-examined it I totally agree with e being hidden by the h in the above line. All the best, Martyn 2009/2/23 Tompkins, M.L.L. <mllt1@leicester.ac.uk> > <<44 I read it as yead[es], i.e. yards, which makes sense although the > first > letter does look remarkably like a g!>> > > > I, too, at first read it as 'yeade', also assuming that it meant 'yard', > but the fact that the initial letter was so clearly a 'g', and the second > looked rather more like an 'o' than an 'e', pushed me to look up 'goad' in > the OED, where I found this: > > Goad, n. > > 3. A measure of length. > a. A cloth-measure = 4 feet. Obs. > > 1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 17 My Lord schal haue of hym iiij.c goodes > off white..and my Lord schal pay him for euery goode, ix.d. > 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw VI, c. 6 §1 Cottonnes called Manchester..and Chesshire > Cottonnes..shalbe in lenghe twentie two goades and conteyne in bredith thre > quarters of a yarde in the water. > 1674 S. JEAKE Arith. (1696) 65 In 1 Goad..4 Feet, a Measure in some places > for Land and Cloth received by Custom. > 1721 C. KING Brit. Merch. I. 181, 1200 C. Goads of Cotton. > 1727 W. MATHER Yng. Man's Comp. 399 In London, the Yard is used for Silks, > Woollen Cloth, &c. The Ell for Linnen Cloth, &c., and the Goad for Frizes, > Cotton, and the like. > > b. A land-measure (see quots. and cf. GAD 6). > > 1587 FLEMING Contn. Holinshed III. 1353/1 The space of fortie goad (euerie > goad conteining fifteene foot). > 1880 E. Cornw. Gloss. s.v., It represents nine feet, and two goads square > is called a yard of ground. > > > The Gad 6 entry says: > > Gad, n. > > 6. A measuring rod for land; hence, a measure of length differing in > various districts. Cf. GOAD n. > > c1440 Promp. Parv. 184/1 Gad, to mete wythe londe (P. gadde, or rodde), > decempeda. > 1502 ARNOLDE Chron. (1811) 173 In dyuers odur placis in this lande they > mete ground by pollis gaddis and roddis some be of xviij. foote some of xx > fote and som xvi fote in lengith. > 1599 SKENE De Verb. Sign. s.v. Particata, Ane rod is ane staffe, or gade of > tymmer, quhairwith land is measured. > 1706 PHILLIPS (ed. Kersey), Gad, or Geometrical Pearch, a Measure of Ten > Foot, and in some places but Nine Foot. > > b. A division of an open pasture, in Lincolnshire usually 6 feet wide; = > SWATH. > > 1593 Kirton-in-Lindsey Court Roll (N.W. Linc. Gloss.). > 1717 N. Riding Rec. VII. 285, I am seized of..four gads in the Bishop Ings. > 1794 Act Inclos. S. Kelsey 19 Owners and Proprietors of Gads in a certain > Piece of Ground..each Gad being Two Roods, Two Perches and a Half. > > > If you look carefully the final letter, hidden under the tail of the h in > the line above, it is 'e', not -es. > > Matt Tompkins > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eoel/> > 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 >

Thank you, Matt for the Latin bits and for looking up goade. Thank you, Martyn for fixing up my many mistakes. I am correcting my Word document for Craig and will send same to him. Cheers, and many thanks again Liz snip