Continuing this thread, there is a memorial inscription on the floor of a church which reads: ".... DEPARTED THIS LIFE 21 JANVARY Ao [i.e. 'A' followed by a superscript small 'o'] 1617 ÆTATIS SVÆ 58 .." I am advised that this reads: ".... departed this life 21 January in the year 1617 of his age of 58 [years] ....". What year is this likely to be I wonder. ~~ Keith Griffiths Elmsted, Kent