The below is from Webster's E Dictionary bastardy 1. the state of being a bastard; illegitimacy. 2. the act of begetting a bastard. WHF norman lee wrote: > I am just wondering whether the y exists on the end of bastard? Is it > possible that someone has misread the word? If that were the case, then it > could read "bastard of Martha Pawlett and Richard Walker" which would make > sense. > > Audrey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:00 PM > Subject: [OEL] Bastardy > > > >> An entry in A2A reads: >> >> Reference: QSP/872/30 >> Ormskirk and Tonge -- bastardy of Martha Pawlett and Richard Walker, jun., >> shoemaker. >> Creation dates: c1701/2 >> >> What would be the meaning of "bastardy" here? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Alejandro Milberg >> Boston, Mass. >> >> >> ==================================== >> 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 >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ==================================== > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > . > >