Hi Chris. The sum is actually Thirteen rather than Fourteen. This would have been easier to read had it been scanned on photo or grayscale setting instead of black and white. The latter turns every pixel into either black or white -- no shades of gray -- so you lose a *lot* of detail. Perhaps it's all you have but I thought I'd mention it so people know to use grayscale/photo setting whenever possible. cheers, Judith Werner Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Administrator, OLD-ENGLISH-L http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ | This is the will of Benjamin Ingham, made in Palermo in 1861 and proved | there but then proved again in London in 1871. This is from the London | copy. The extract reads: | | Article 6 | | I give and bequeath to Don Frederico Ascenso e Spadafora Duke of Santa | Rosalia another son of my said Wife by her first husband and to the said | Don Gar??olo and Don Domenico Ascenso e Spadafora the sun of Fourteen | thousand and twenty eight o??nces ten tazi and ten grains (?) in the | proportion between them as hereinafter stated and with right f ------ | ------ between them in case that any one cannot or will not accept the | present legacy and with the positive prohibition of not being | susceptible of ?????? not assignment nor even of being ?????ed. to wit | ??? first ??? Duke of Santa Rosalia the sum of four thousand /Ounces/ in | usufruct only to be enjoyed for the whole term of his natural life the | Ownership in reversion I give and bequeath to his daughter Donna | Francesca Ascenso Duchess of ______ wife of Don | | The extract is posted at: | http://www.cmr1chards.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/transcription.htm |