This Indenture made the Sixth day of Aprill in ye third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen of....

Another updated transcription thanks to Gerald click here to read it

To all christian people to whome this present writing shall come Nicholas Spencer of Ramsgate

Gerald has finished transcribing the package of documents relating to The Rising Sun in Ramsgate. He told me that there have been minor corrections to the ones already published, so I am putting the first 3 up on the web again and will do the rest in the fullness of time.

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Deed 1: Nicholas Spencer granting land to his son and future daughter in law, 1641

I feel it is very important to put them onto the internet as this will help people trying to unravel their family’s history, as the search engines find the all important names.

The House of the Rising Sun Ramsgate again

Gerald has transcribed more of the documents relating to the Rising Sun in Ramsgate click here to read and view the originals.

When Gerald came into the shop with them we both speculated as to whether people are interested in this sort of thing, so we are both curious to know what people think, do you want more?

Will Transcribed

Gerald has done a superb job on the will I posted the other day click here to read it

Michael,

Copy of will transcription attached, as promised.

There were one or two places that were hard to follow and I've highlighted these in italic to show that this is my best effort at reading the text.

Interestingly, I notice (in the will) that William Spencer left a house to Elizabeth Tomson that was on the corner of Brick Street and the South End - this looks like it was either next to or almost opposite the Rising Sun.

cheers,
Gerald.

The House of the rising Sun Effingham Street Ramsgate

Another old document for your amusement or not as the case may be, I found this one fairly difficult to read in the original.

Click here to try and read it