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    Help with this one, please 1717 job.jpg

    Sorry the image clip is poor quality. His mate was a wool comber, so I'm guessing it may have been something to do with the Norfolk wool trade.

    Jay
    Last edited by Janet in Yorkshire; 05-03-19, 17:37.
    Janet in Yorkshire



    Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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    Looks like Latin?? I see 'Norfoliea Pellicaritt'. LOL
    Can't wait to see what it really says!
    Anne

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    • #3
      Think you are on to something Anne, Google translate tells me that pellicula is Latin for skin or hide so it looks like a word from that root.

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      • #4
        When was it? Is the first word just trying to tell us that it was specific to Norfolk?
        Carolyn
        Family Tree site

        Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
        Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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        • #5
          I have just put "pellic" into the BNA and it comes up with pellices and pellicate manufactures...but not sure I am any the wiser. I don't have a BNA sub
          Last edited by cbcarolyn; 05-03-19, 19:49.
          Carolyn
          Family Tree site

          Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
          Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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          • #6
            Thanks ladies.
            My guess was that it may have been to do with fellmongering or with treating the fleeces in some way. Wasn't Norfolk a big sheep rearing and allied wool trade area?

            Apologies for the poor quality - the writing on the original record was faded and quite hard to decipher. I suppose familysearch will transcribe and index this batch of records, then they too will vanish from the site.

            Jay
            Janet in Yorkshire



            Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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            • #7
              pellices.JPG

              I assume that this is correct - unless OCR deciphering it incorrectly
              Carolyn
              Family Tree site

              Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
              Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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              • #8
                I knew from English Literature studies that a pelisse was a fur trimmed garment and apparently the word was also used at one time to describe long coats made of furs. "Pellicius" was the latin adjective to describe something made from skin, or "pellicia" if the object was assigned the feminine gender.So, I guess my man worked with animal skins - probably from sheep, rabbits, and moles rather than hides from cattle or deer. There seems to be some overlap with the job description of fellmonger, which can be used for the person who prepares and treats animal skins before tanning and/or a person who deals in cured animal skins. So, not the cleanest and most fragrant of jobs I guess!

                Jay
                Last edited by Janet in Yorkshire; 06-03-19, 16:56.
                Janet in Yorkshire



                Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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                • #9
                  I wonder why we no longer use the term. Internet doesn't know what it is!

                  I did look at paper and it was correctly transcribed, strange mix of welsh flannels and and pellice. Says winter so maybe more fur?
                  Carolyn
                  Family Tree site

                  Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
                  Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by cbcarolyn View Post
                    I wonder why we no longer use the term. Internet doesn't know what it is!

                    I did look at paper and it was correctly transcribed, strange mix of welsh flannels and and pellice. Says winter so maybe more fur?
                    Perhaps we need a return of "Call my bluff":D

                    Jay
                    Janet in Yorkshire



                    Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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                    • #11
                      great idea
                      Carolyn
                      Family Tree site

                      Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
                      Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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