Poser 290 - Eik, 1697

This week's poser is an eik, recorded in Edinburgh Commissary Court register of testaments in 1697 (National Records of Scotland, CC8/8/80, page 542).

An eik was an addition to a testament, usually consisting of an item or items which had been left off an inventory of movable goods. Some were recorded separately in testamentary registers as this example shows and some – if they were short enough – were added to the margins of the original testament.

The hand is typical for the late seventeenth century and the clerk was consistent in the way he formed his letter. Watch out especially for abbreviations and numerals.

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