Johannes Wheeler
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Jeez. Think I'd have more fun with glagolitic than this nightmare. 
Good luck!
Good luck!
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It may help, if you return to the very beginning of the document, 'cause it looks like a register with regular records and the first lines can be written more carefully.
It's a testament (last will), or a similar document. Every line begins with "(name) heredum/heredi (what)".
The only person I can see similar to "John Wheeler" is "Joher (Jones?) Wheler, heir of a watermill". Are you interested in this guy?
Anyway, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum (Cappelli, 1928) is your guide in this investigation.
The only person I can see similar to "John Wheeler" is "Joher (Jones?) Wheler, heir of a watermill". Are you interested in this guy?
Anyway, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum (Cappelli, 1928) is your guide in this investigation.
Johannes
I am guessing the next word is ibidem
Joh[ann]es Wheler te[nens] Molendin[um] aquatic[um] ib[ide]m redd[et] p[er] an[nu]m 40s
Idem j Cottag[ium] cu[m] p[er]tin[entiis] q[uo]ndam voc[atum] Prystees hous p[er] an[nu]m 2s
John Wheler, tenant of a/the water mill in the same place, renders 40s per annum.
The same; one cottage with the appurtenances formerly called Priest's House, 2s per annum.
Idem j Cottag[ium] cu[m] p[er]tin[entiis] q[uo]ndam voc[atum] Prystees hous p[er] an[nu]m 2s
John Wheler, tenant of a/the water mill in the same place, renders 40s per annum.
The same; one cottage with the appurtenances formerly called Priest's House, 2s per annum.
I am in awe!
Wow you are amazing!! It is a lease list of 1390 when New College in Oxford became in possession of the Manor. How you deciphered that is just pure Genius and many thanks.
Thank you, but I'm not that good - I've just realised I put reddet instead of reddit.
There are a lot of standard contractions. For example a letter p whose tail curls back and crosses itself means per. If the loop of the p then goes backwards and forms another loop it means pro. A p with an upwards curl means pre. After a while you just read these things automatically. When you see Johes, ibm or ptin you just read them as Johannes, ibidem or pertinentiis/pertinentibus. Which reminds me, I did wonder whether to write p[er]tin[enciis] because a lot of t's became c's in medieval Latin, but I thought this would be an unnecessary complication.
There are a lot of standard contractions. For example a letter p whose tail curls back and crosses itself means per. If the loop of the p then goes backwards and forms another loop it means pro. A p with an upwards curl means pre. After a while you just read these things automatically. When you see Johes, ibm or ptin you just read them as Johannes, ibidem or pertinentiis/pertinentibus. Which reminds me, I did wonder whether to write p[er]tin[enciis] because a lot of t's became c's in medieval Latin, but I thought this would be an unnecessary complication.