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halfondeale
I have learnt a new term - halfondeale.
I have transcribed countless wills, but I hadn't met this before. "More I give and bequeath unto Agnes Quintrell my beloved wife the moietie & halfondeale of the mill & tenement & dwelling house..." |
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You can't help wondering why they didn't just say "half".
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It doesn't sound so fancy OC.
What's moietie? I'm sure I've heard of it but I can't remember.
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Half.
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A very fancy way of saying his wife gets half!
I googled and it only came up a couple of times in other wills. |
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