I've come across a strange word in the baptismal registers of Cruwys Morchard, Devon, in the year 1691. The vicar starts the year off by recording some of the baptisms in Latin, then he changes to English and the last few are a mixture of Latin and English. At the end of most of the baptisms is a phrase which looks like Anno pEd (or pld), eg, 1691 William Cruwys son of John Cruwys Esq and of Sarah his wife bapt 4th Septem[ber] Anno pld There is a horizontal line across the top of the pEd/pld which I presume is some sort of contraction mark. Does anyone have any idea what this strange abbreviation might mean? Debbie Kennett CRUWYS one-name study www.one-name.org/profiles/cruwys.html
Dear Debbie I should think it is pdt, abbreviated for predicto, i.e. anno predicto = the year aforesaid. In other words, it just means that it is 1691, as written at the beginning of the entry. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:00 PM Subject: [OEL] Anno pEd > I've come across a strange word in the baptismal registers of Cruwys > Morchard, Devon, in the year 1691. The vicar starts the year off by > recording some > of the baptisms in Latin, then he changes to English and the last few are > a > mixture of Latin and English. At the end of most of the baptisms is a > phrase > which looks like Anno pEd (or pld), eg, > > 1691 William Cruwys son of John Cruwys Esq and of Sarah his wife bapt 4th > Septem[ber] Anno pld > > There is a horizontal line across the top of the pEd/pld which I presume > is > some sort of contraction mark. Does anyone have any idea what this strange > abbreviation might mean? > > Debbie Kennett > CRUWYS one-name study > www.one-name.org/profiles/cruwys.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/477 - Release Date: 16/10/2006 > >