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Hi Ben, I wonder if the word brave has been used in a context we're not as familiar with today. Looking at the OED online brave can be used to mean 'fine or splendid in appearance' which could be used to describe a parlour I suppose! http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/brave Just a guess! all the best Sarah Sarah MacLean Heritage Information Partnerships Supervisor English Heritage ________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Croxford Sent: 19 June 2014 15:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Early Friday question - Brave Parlour An early Friday question: A 1720 description of a rectory - apparently "it had a brave parlour" (http://www.hslc.org.uk/show_pdf.php?item=1891-1892_51.pdf second line). What is a brave parlour? All the best, Ben Dr Ben Croxford Historic Environment Record Officer Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service 1st Floor Merton House Bootle Merseyside L20 3DL Tel: 0151 934 4958 <>This message is intended for named addressees only and may contain confidential, privileged or commercially sensitive information. If you are not a named addressee and this message has come to you in error you must not copy, distribute or take any action on its content. Please return the message to the sender by replying to it immediately and then delete it from your computer and destroy any copies of it. All e-mail communications sent to or from Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council may be subject to recording and / or monitoring in accordance with current legislation. This message does not create or vary any contractual relationship between Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and you. Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communication medium and Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that this message is virus-free, it is the recipient's responsibility to carry out virus checks as appropriate and ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect their systems or data. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council does not accept any responsibility in this regard. This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of English Heritage unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to English Heritage may become publicly available. Portico: your gateway to information on sites in the National Heritage Collection; have a look and tell us what you think. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/portico/