Any chance of terminating? It's just that people couldn't spell, especially
the friends who did the appraisal, who were not lawyers.
GMcS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Clement-Lorford" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:25 PM
> Mary, I am not sure about the area, but he is listed as Mr John Bardolphe.
> His final item was a cow in the Churchyard. The fact that he is called Mr,
> and the cow on the church yard implies he was a member of the clergy and
the
> rest of the property implies a certain amount of wealth.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
> 1854-1900
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: From: Local-History list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Mary Carrick
> Sent: 10 November 2005 19:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:
>
> This is just an informed guess but I do know that 'painted cloths'
mentioned
> in
> probate inventories for the Holderness area of Yorkshire about the same
time
> were the 'poor man's tapestries'; as such they were hung on the walls as
> decoration. Do you think that 'staine cloathes' might be a local word for
> the
> same thing. You do not mention the area of the country in which the will
was
> drawn up but have discovered that local terms for everyday items are just
> that
> - local - and can vary within a very small area.
>
> Mary
>
> Quoting Frank Clement-Lorford <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Hi, in transcribing an itemised will in 1602, items in the parlour
> included
> > 'The staine Cloathes'. Does anyone know what this is, or attempt a
guess?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards Frank
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It is a vulgar error to suppose that America was ever discovered. It was
> > merely detected. Oscar Wilde 1854 - 1900.
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