Saturday, 11 October 2008

short deed dated 1641

This from Gerald I will try to get a photo of the original from him.

Interesting and relatively short deed dated 1641. Rather odd handwriting,with some characters having no relation to modern script at all - so it tooka little while to transcribe. Might be of interest to the Spencer familydescendants, although it is rather a jump in time from 1641 to the will Itranscribed earlier.My personal interpretation: Nicholas Spencer grants his house and variouslands to his son William Spencer and Mary Goodson in consideration of their(William and Mary's) forthcoming marriage. Nicholas retains the use of theproperty during his lifetime. After Nicholas's death, William and Mary havea life interest in the property and after they have both died it passesentailed to their legitimate male line. If there are no heirs under theentail then it passes to William's heirs.

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 9:35 pm

    An earlier comment asked for a 'translation' of what these various deeds actually meant.

    http://www.eastcliff.co.uk/Sun/

    I've added explanations to the deeds that I've looked at so far. I'll add more details as I go.

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