Dear List I am interested to see Will's transcription of a problem on the unsolved page. I have to confess not to having looked at this but, taking his reading as correct, the main puzzlement for me is the delay in burying the body. I understood that the first obligation of the executor(s) was to bury the body of the deceased after which came payment of debts to the crown and the lord of the manor followed by other debts of varying categories. Of course, this doesn't sit very comfortably with the practice of lying in state for some important deceased people and maybe this person was one such, whose body was required by others to lie in state? Can anyone suggest how this request should be reconciled with burial customs? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 4:21 PM Subject: [OEL] Unsolved 1787 Will of John Rothery > I'm not sure if this has been solved yet, but the unknown words are > simply: > > "that I may be buried on the eighth day after my decease" > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/unsolved39.html > > Will > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 268.12.5/451 - Release Date: 19/09/2006 > >

Dear Audrey, Would it be a fear of being buried alive? Therefore 8 days to make sure I am really dead? regards Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Lee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Unsolved 1787 Will of John Rothery > Dear List > > I am interested to see Will's transcription of a problem on the unsolved > page. I have to confess not to having looked at this but, taking his > reading > as correct, the main puzzlement for me is the delay in burying the body. I > understood that the first obligation of the executor(s) was to bury the > body > of the deceased after which came payment of debts to the crown and the > lord > of the manor followed by other debts of varying categories. Of course, > this > doesn't sit very comfortably with the practice of lying in state for some > important deceased people and maybe this person was one such, whose body > was > required by others to lie in state? > > Can anyone suggest how this request should be reconciled with burial > customs? > > Audrey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Johnson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 4:21 PM > Subject: [OEL] Unsolved 1787 Will of John Rothery > > >> I'm not sure if this has been solved yet, but the unknown words are >> simply: >> >> "that I may be buried on the eighth day after my decease" >> >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/unsolved39.html >> >> Will >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 268.12.5/451 - Release Date: >> 19/09/2006 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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