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Offline IJDisney

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #9 on: Friday 16 March 18 19:19 GMT (UK) »
Have you checked the Exeter Cathedral Library?
The other place to enquire IJ is the Devonshire Institution also on Cathedral Green.
Barb

Thank you both for those two suggestions. What would I be asking for - document-wise? My query at the moment is that I don't know what sort of documents to be looking for. I was hoping to narrow down the focus to something known.

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #10 on: Friday 16 March 18 19:22 GMT (UK) »
I suggest you email both, they may be able to source the information within their archive.
Barb ,of course you could visit our beautiful city.
Briscoe-Midlands-Birmingham and Worcs.
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Rayworth-Birmingham
Piper and Bevan Worcs and Herefordshire
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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #11 on: Friday 16 March 18 19:40 GMT (UK) »
I suggest you email both, they may be able to source the information within their archive.
Barb ,of course you could visit our beautiful city.

I will do that. Thanks.
My mother was born in Topsham, and my father was born in St.Thomas'. But its always nice to visit again.

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #12 on: Friday 16 March 18 19:44 GMT (UK) »
You might find something in the Clergy Database:

http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #13 on: Friday 16 March 18 19:57 GMT (UK) »
You might find something in the Clergy Database:

http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/

Thank you. That looks like a good resource. Best roll my sleeves up - this could be long slog!!

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 17 March 18 04:54 GMT (UK) »
Are you aware that both the Bishop and his son John have Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills?

I have glanced (I stress glanced) through the two wills.

If it were my research I would take a hard look at the name LEVERMORE.

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 17 March 18 16:14 GMT (UK) »
Are you aware that both the Bishop and his son John have Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills?

I have glanced (I stress glanced) through the two wills.

If it were my research I would take a hard look at the name LEVERMORE.

No I wasn't aware of that! Thank you. You sound like the images are scanned on line somewhere. How can I see them?

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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 17 March 18 16:48 GMT (UK) »
The main two ways are:

1)  With a subscription to Ancestry.

The first two wills under a search for Woolton in the collection called All England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 are for your family.  There may be more (I didn't look further).

2)  They can be purchased and downloaded individually (at a cost of 3.50 GPB each) from The National Archives.

These are the wills:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_aq=John%20Woolton&_ep=will%20of&_dss=range&_sd=1580&_ed=1630&_ro=any&_st=adv

You may find a short term subscription to Ancestry cheaper overall.  They look like the sort of people who left plenty of PCC wills.


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Re: Where to find 16th Century information
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 17 March 18 18:05 GMT (UK) »
horselydown86, thank you very much.