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Old 13-11-20, 15:31
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Line 14 of this will describes the testator's son Edward Fortescue:

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While I think I can read what it says, I have not a clue where he is in prison. Can anyone make a stab at this? This is page 2 of John Fortsecue's will, written in 1601.
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Old 13-11-20, 15:44
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It looks like: "Spanish Truncke in Litchborne".

But it doesn't make sense!!
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Old 13-11-20, 15:50
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That's what I thought - to both statements!

I did wonder whether it was a prison in Lisbon, Portugal, but cannot find any references.
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When I googled, I kept seeing pictures of trunks made in Spain!

I have been trying to discover what was happening in Spain at the time but no joy so far.
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Old 13-11-20, 15:59
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When I googled, I kept seeing pictures of trunks made in Spain!
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That's better that sites about World of Warcraft!
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I do think Litchborne could be Lisbon, but not found anything to back it up, nor what the Spanish Truncke could be.
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Old 13-11-20, 21:47
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Thanks everyone. I had hoped that a phrase clearly to be understood at the time might have been echoed elsewhere. Others have suggested it is Lisbon, but nobody has given a meaning to Spanish Truncke.
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I looked through the OED entry for "trunk" via my library website but nothing in there seemed to fit.
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Old 14-11-20, 13:07
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Thanks, Kite. My shorter OED has a huge variety of meanings, but none the precise one. I assume it was like a black hole of Calcutta.
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I have been trying to discover what was happening in Spain at the time but no joy so far.
This sort of thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sesimbra_Bay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-...r_(1585–1604)
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