I gave this to my sister who "did a course", this is her reply. "After 2 terms of learning and 3 months off for the summer. I think the name place begins with an S, cann't quite see the second letter, possibly the 3rd is a K or L, CEST{E}R but cannot see anything like that. the mark before Joh{annes} is a bullet point the P with a stroke across the stem is abbreviation of per or par which means by or through PIM 1 something 6 pennies (d) the 2nd name is posd per Pimm 1 something 6 pennies (d) sounds very funny but I have some the same amongst my notes but cannot find the translation!! let me jknow the answer" On 20 September 2011 12:47, pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > This might be a rather strange request, but I was hoping someone might be > able to help me decipher a name from this manorial document (28 Edw III). > It's just a bonus miscellaneous item I copied while at Kew because I'm > always on the lookout for the earliest mentions of Pym/Pymme in Oxon. > > http://i56.tinypic.com/2h2nllc.jpg > > I've marked next to a couple of names that look, superficially at least, > like Pym (John and ???). Although the P appears to have a mark which > possibly means it's an abbreviation? I can't figure out the placename > either - presumably it's somewhere near Drayton and Chiselhampton which are > also mentioned. > > Many thanks, > > Kevin. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >