Latin Inquisition for John Bold 1544 at Widnes, Co. Lancaster-can anyone read it?

RichardWDavis

I just received this document from the Lancashire Archives. It is written in Latin and I can't read it. It is an inquisition for John Bold of Bold/Widnes in Lancashire in the year 1544. The second part of the inquisition shows the judges names, some of them are John Apleton, Thomas Lee, John Denton and others. On the 4th line in the second part under Inquisition you will see the name John Bold, gent. On the 7th line you will see _____ Bold de Bold. I can't read the first name. On the 8th line you will see the name John Bold (but no gent. after his name) and then on the 11th line you will see th name Ric Bold (Richard Bold). Inquisitions explain the land that belonged to the deceased, in this case John Bold, gentleman. It usually names the widow and then the heir, the oldest son and it sometimes will name the second son in default. I believe this John Bold died in 1540, but in the description of the doc on the Lancashire Archives website it shows the inquisition took place in 1544. Can anyone read this and tell me what it says? Thanks

Richard Davis

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@ifyerhappyanduknowit can you read this?

ifyerhappyanduknowit

@Shannon Potter Wilcox and @RichardWDavis I wish I could. This is the archaic Secretary Hand handwriting and while I can read it pretty well in documents written in English, I do not know Latin, and therefore do not have the point of reference needed to decipher this document! I'm so sorry about that. I've looked it over for a while and I cannot make anything out because it is in Latin.

The only suggestion I have for you @RichardWDavis is to look up archaic inquisition forms. One tip I have learned is if you can find a "standard" form, then it will help you decipher a lot of what is written. If you can find one in Latin that is typed out, you can copy and paste it into something like Google Translate and see the English version of it. It will help you see common words and letters in the form that will then work as a "Rosetta Stone" of sorts that you can then use to compare to other places in the document you may not be able to understand.

RichardWDavis

Thanks Shannon, great ideas!

RichardWDavis

Whoops, sorry-Thanks Shannon and If yerhappy!

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@RichardWDavis This might also be helpful for you.

Latin Genealogical Word List

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List

Latin is the language of the Romans. Through the continuing influence of Roman civilization and the use of Latin by the Catholic Church many genealogical resources are written in Latin. This page provides information about the language, including grammar, and a Latin to English wordlist.

I hope that you get your document transcribed and it will be helpful to you.

Shannon

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@RichardWDavis

This may give you some pointers as well.

Latin For Genealogists • FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/latin-for-genealogists

Learn how to read Latin birth, marriage and death records.