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| This is just a sample, as the text is heavily abbreviated. As well as standard forms, such as using a character like z for the -us suffix, and some unusual flourishes such as are used for -us endings on verbs, there are some very abbreviated words which are commonplace in charters, so they can merely be indicated, like pertinentibus. To find all the abbreviations, check through the text with the transcript window open for reference. | |
| Private charter of Richard and Elizabeth Redmayn, of 1417 (British Library, Harleian Charter 112 C 30). All images by permission of the British Library. | |
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