>I'd be grateful if someone could advise me if children sometimes acted >as appraisers for their fathers' goods etc., in the 16th. century. It would not be normal, since the appraisers were supposed to be 'two indifferent men' meaning those having no financial interest in the estate. A brother (having the same name as a son) or a cousin could well be an appraiser. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society