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From: Colin Younger <>
Subject: Re: [UK-Burbage] Fw: [MDX] Wills
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:49:04 +0000
In-Reply-To: <008c01c39ccb$7e05f680$056fa8c0@cswadmin>


Hello Susan

I have seen it written that up to about 1500 wills were usually written in
Latin or sometimes in French (a throwback to our Norman ancestry).
Thereafter they were normally written in English with the record of probate
remaining in Latin until the mid eighteenth century.

If the change from French/Latin to English was by practise and not by law
then maybe some continued with the old tradition or maybe they simply used
a 250 year old lawyer who was set in his ways.

Colin

At 20:47 27/10/03, Susan Bellefeuille wrote:
>Does anyone know the answer to this Lister's question or have any ideas?
>
>Regards
>Susan Bellefeuille
>Ottawa Canada
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jean COX" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:06 PM
>Subject: [MDX] Wills
>
>
> > Hello List
> > Can anyone please tell me why a person's will would have been translated
>from the French?
> > He lived in the City of London, and the will was dated 1739. Occupation
>Tobacconist. Both he and previous Ancestors were Londoners with no French
>connections to my knowledge.
> > At the end of his will the words 'Translated out of French'
> > Many thanks
> > Jean UK
> >
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