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Mary Crane
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Puritan Vicar
« on: Friday 13 April 07 07:34 BST (UK) »
An ancestor of mine - a Puritan Vicar - signed the Gloucestershire Minister's Testimony in 1648.  Does anyone know exactly what this was?

Mary
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DEVON: Davey,Simmons,Pow,Vile,Judd
SOMERSET: Tyte, Millard
BRISTOL: Withers, Taylor, Tanswell, Crane, Newick
ALMONDSBURY, Withers, Gastrell
GLOS:  Heiron, Holbrow, Harmer, Shillam
LONDON:  Shaw, Vickers
IRELAND/BRISTOL: Gaugharty (and other versions)
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Re: Puritan Vicar
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 13:21 BST (UK) »
I tried googling and came up with this link which you might like to read through.

http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-925192-4.pdf

The word testimony crops up many times!

Pete
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Conboy - Greagh LET
Wilson - Bradfield WRY
Prior  - LET
Sanderson - WRY
Graham - GLS
Such - GLS
Moffatt - LND
Hudson - KEN DOR
Prebble - KEN
Ling - SFK
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Re: Puritan Vicar
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 19 April 07 05:08 BST (UK) »
Thanks for this Pete.  I will certainly have a look at it.

Mary
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DEVON: Davey,Simmons,Pow,Vile,Judd
SOMERSET: Tyte, Millard
BRISTOL: Withers, Taylor, Tanswell, Crane, Newick
ALMONDSBURY, Withers, Gastrell
GLOS:  Heiron, Holbrow, Harmer, Shillam
LONDON:  Shaw, Vickers
IRELAND/BRISTOL: Gaugharty (and other versions)
YORKSHIRE:  Scothron/Scothorne
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