Last year I found a Chancery case involving OH's Lamb family dating back to the 1780s. Neath Record Office sent me the documents, involving about 13 documents and pages and pages of text.
It's a real headache to transcribe. Some of it is beautifully written, other pages are just scribbles with numerous crossings-out.
Several of the documents use an abbreviation.
At the end of each paragraph there is a gap and then "fo to" (that's what it looks like)
E.g.
"That under or by Virtue of the said Recovy and Indre of Release the said Wm Bassett became seized of and well intitled in Equity to the fee simple of the sd Est and premes situate in the Cy of Glamorgan aforesaid fo to"
(or it could be "so" and not "fo")
Has anyone met this before? What is its significance?
*scratches head*
It's a real headache to transcribe. Some of it is beautifully written, other pages are just scribbles with numerous crossings-out.
Several of the documents use an abbreviation.
At the end of each paragraph there is a gap and then "fo to" (that's what it looks like)
E.g.
"That under or by Virtue of the said Recovy and Indre of Release the said Wm Bassett became seized of and well intitled in Equity to the fee simple of the sd Est and premes situate in the Cy of Glamorgan aforesaid fo to"
(or it could be "so" and not "fo")
Has anyone met this before? What is its significance?
*scratches head*
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