Hi Mike This is just the normal opening in wills for that time "In the name of God" but written in abbreviated Latin, so "In dei no[mi]ne". The dots are just to indicate the end of the phrase and possibly the abbreviation - although that would normally have been indicated by a tilde (~) over the none itself. Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Nason" <mfcn@btinternet.com> To: "List, OE" <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: [OEL] Will, opening phrase Colleagues, I am hoping to assist a Canadian friend with a Warwickshire will dated February 1551. It would seem to be a will written in the legatrix's own hand - it is unsigned by her and was probated in July 1552. The will has an opening phrase which could be in Latin /'In lei none/ (with abbreviation mark. horiz line over) /omnes?' /and I suspect it may qualify the whole document. Then follows what looks like the mathematical symbol for 'therefore' (3 dots) before '/I Joan tymes of Sutton/ . . .' I have a PDF of the Latin? phrase if someone would care to take a look. Mike Nason ==================================== 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