Deciphering gothic script / calligraphy

[deggles]

Hoping some wise PHers can help... I'm trying to decipher our house deeds, for interest more than anything; we have the original conveyance from early 1930s which is pretty legible apart from some sections which are emphasised in a sort of stylised, Gothic, calligraphy style. I have transcribed most of it apart from these two words underlined...


Any guesses?

For context, I believe the rest of the sentence reads:

old document said:

the Vendor as Beneficial Owner hereby conveys unto the Purchaser ?? ???? plot of land situate in [street name]

I think the second word might be that but what's the first bit?

Here is another example of the same style script, with the phrase "Now this conveyance witnesseth"

[Levin]

Not a notion on the first one, but the second one looks likely to be 'How this conveyance witnesseth' or 'Now this conveyance witnessed' or a mixture of the two. It's beautiful handwriting, but it's certainly not easy to read.

[K87]

Could it be that it is not actually words but plot numbers on a plan?

[nicanary]

I think it's ALL THAT (as in a description of what's being sold).

(I used to sort out into chronological order sets of title deeds when i worked for a bank - it's fascinating stuff. Lovely handwriting on waxed paper or vellum)

[deggles]

nicanary said:

I think it's ALL THAT (as in a description of what's being sold).

(I used to sort out into chronological order sets of title deeds when i worked for a bank - it's fascinating stuff. Lovely handwriting on waxed paper or vellum)

Ooh I think you might be onto something, that would certainly make sense, and the more I squint at it, it does look like "All" Thank you.

There's all sorts in the bundle we got from the solicitors, including maps and conveyances all the way back to nineteenth century when the land was split up and sold off by the local Baron. Planning to frame some of it to go in the hall

[KAgantua]

This is what happens when you have your conveyancing done by a tattoo artist