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    I have the will of a relative who died in 1777 aged about 30. He is described as a Writing Master. His family were generally Dorset yeomen - he is the only sibling to have left the county and died, unmarried, in Streatham, Surrey.

    What sort of job was a Writing Master??

  • #2
    I dunno - I'm guessing but I'd be more inclined to think he might have been employed to teach young children to read and write. Not as well-qualified as a tutor, just basic literacy?

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    • #3
      Sounds to me as though he taught writing.
      KiteRunner

      Every five years or so I look back on my life and I have a good... laugh"
      (Indigo Girls, "Watershed")

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      • #4
        Here's a couple of references which may help.
        Parliamentary Papers - Google Book Search
        Report of Her Majesty's ... - Google Book Search
        Equitable Assurances: The Story of ... - Google Book Search
        Phil
        historyhouse.co.uk
        Essex - family and local history.

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        • #5
          I've heard of Scripture writers, but I expect you have too, Merry!

          OC

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post
            I've heard of Scripture writers, but I expect you have too, Merry!

            OC
            lol OC!

            Thanks for those links Phil, I'll have a look in a minute.

            I think I was just trying to decide if his family would have thought he had done OK for himself, or not? The will is a bit venomous - He makes a lot of the fact that, because he hadn't married, he was excluded from his father's will and described the money bequeathed to his two brothers and his mother as "fortunes" whilst he had "earned a modest sum by hard work and application". Despite this, he left everything to his mother who was 70 at the time. No family member is named as executor, but the two brothers had to attend the court to identify their late brother's handwriting and signature, as he hadn't had his will witnessed in the proper fashion.

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            • #7
              There's one bit I can't read!

              George Crane 1777 2.jpg


              This being promised what little I have to leave at my own …………is what has been acquired by a careful and honest application in my Business


              Any ideas, anyone??!!!

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              • #8
                Oops! Well done....that's right

                thanks!

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                • #9
                  Ben beat me to it. I was just writing it when I realised he had posted.

                  Wooo hoooo, Ben we read it when Merry couldn't - and she's a real expert!! ;)

                  Anne

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                  • #10
                    My brain was completely on the wrong wavelength! All the rest of it was fine. I hate it when that happens! lol

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