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Old 22-10-20, 11:43
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A great idea. I love wills and have a lot of them, but I just cannot read the PCC ones.
Libby, I loathe round hand. I cannot think why it was adopted as it is so difficult to follow. Paradoxically, the earlier wills are usually easier.
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Old 22-10-20, 11:50
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I'm transcribing a PCC will from 1602 and it is a doddle. It could have been written yesterday.

As you say, Phoenix, the earlier wills are often more easily decipherable.
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