i can read a will from 1650 without any problems, the writing is something you get used to but the scribes that compiled a will were generally all taught the sme way and so there is a similarity which helps. the church ran the whole show and so it is quite standardised, early manoral records are quite easy too as they all used the same terminology and construction and are quite repetitive, each entry in each circumstances simply had a name change as required, as for the spoken word, i much prefer the terminology of the 50s and 60s to the text speak and vocabulary of the modern age.