Shared Photo: Norfolk Baptisms

Question

Can anyone read the writing? The transcription on FindMyPast.com doesn't have a lot of information. Thomas Waterman baptized November 19, 1564, Norfolk.

I wanted to share this family photo of Thomas Waterman with the community. Location: unknown. Date: unknown.

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Answer 1

Wow, but this is hard.  Here's a guess:

Thomas filius Rici Waterman bapt fuit eodem die

Thomas son of Richard Waterman was baptised the same day [as the one above, and the one above that]

The line above Rici means it was an abbreviation

Comments

Ros, you are a wonder! Never in a million years could I have "read"  this!

Never.

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Great job, Ros!

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Thanks Ros!

Answer 2

Barely.  I have done some reading of Middle English texts.  It is the "style of writing" (what we would call "font" these days) which takes a little getting used to, as well as so many terms which have changed.

I would recommend reading using a guide.

Comments

Thanks Teresa!