Good Afternoon All - I agree with Eve and others that the name is COCKE - the main clue I think is the 2nd 'c'? Also, I probably have this family referenced in my research, certainly the other names in the doc I do have, connected with the name Cox/Cock[e] - Oh! Yes! - FOR SALE Very olde pitchfork - well used - fairly clean! Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Eve McLaughlin [mailto:eve@varneys.demon.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 4:57 PM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] Transcription help please In message <000801c41a3f$63930da0$27164f51@lynhome>, Lyn Boothman <annys@boothman27.fsnet.co.uk> writes >Dear all > >What we need is a larger sample of the handwriting. Could the whole >will, or at least a much bigger chunk, be put up. It's always difficult >to interpret things if there are no other examples of how that >individual's hand. This is pretty clear writing (compared with some wriiten in manure with a pitchford) It is Cocke -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== Going away for a while? Don't forget to UNSUBSCRIBE! OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com