I have a 1756 description of a house to let. It was located on the North Downs of Kent. It was also mentioned in a will of the early 1500s when it was said "I leave my mansion house to ...". The 1756 description includes expressions I do not understand. Viz. "containing four Rooms of a Floor" and "a Green Court before the Hall Door". Any help in interpretating these words would be appreciated. Thanks Keith Griffiths Elmsted, Kent

Hi Keith We would just say that there were four rooms on each floor and that the front garden was laid down to grass...:-) Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Griffiths" <griffiths370@btinternet.com> To: "Old English mailing list" <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: [OEL] House to let in 1756 I have a 1756 description of a house to let. It was located on the North Downs of Kent. It was also mentioned in a will of the early 1500s when it was said "I leave my mansion house to ...". The 1756 description includes expressions I do not understand. Viz. "containing four Rooms of a Floor" and "a Green Court before the Hall Door". Any help in interpretating these words would be appreciated. Thanks Keith Griffiths Elmsted, Kent ==================================== 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