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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 21:06 BST (UK) »
I think you could well be right. It is an apprenticeship document from London. Rudsley could be a mishearing of Rugeley.

Again Burdsley/Burslem but I'm inclined to the first letter being an R.

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 23:29 BST (UK) »
I used to live in Rugeley and the locals pronounced it Rudgeley so perhaps it is that.

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 08:44 BST (UK) »
Hi,

This is a long shot and doesn't address the place name issue, but have you looked at familysearch.org?

There is an entry for a Robert Cloose son of Robert Cloose christened on 7 Aug 1719 in Mayfield, Staffordshire - he was buried in Mayfield in 1797. A tree on the same site has his name as Robert Clews - his father Robert (1688) marrying Dorothy  Hardy in Mayfield in 1712.

I wondered if this was the family you were seeking?

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 08:56 BST (UK) »
First letter "R", 3rd letter "d" as in Staffor"d"shire.
Mispronunciation of somewhere ?


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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 11:51 BST (UK) »
Bearman, that is interesting, helps support the mishearing hypothesis. Malky if it is a d that would also tie up with what Bearman says. I think overall it is looking as if there is no such place as Rudsley but Rugeley is a possible. I think I will have a look at Rugeley's records next.

Alan, I have a Cluse family in London which I have traced back through the censuses. The earliest one I have died before the 1841 census so I don't know where he was born. However, we have his will and a copy of his wedding licence. He married a woman from Blithfield in Blithfield. He was from London.

Cluse and its variants appear to be Staffordshire based names. We have always suspected that our Samuel Cluse originated from Staffordshire, perhaps a few generations earlier. The apprenticeship documents may provide the link but obviously it is early days yet.

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 13:26 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the expanded version - I'm now happy to agree that the first letter is 'R'. It's a bit florid, but of course I should have thought of comparing it with the 'R' of Robt.

Anyway, forget about Burslem - Rudsley/Rugeley now seems a much better suggestion.
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Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 14:38 BST (UK) »
Rugeley is very near to Blithfield, we used to drive by Blithfield Reservoir.

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 15:00 BST (UK) »
Ah thank you for that. I have been looking at Family Search and there are loads of Clews there. I think these will be my family but I need to collect a lot more evidence. It would explain why my Samuel Cluse in London came to Blithfield to marry.

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Re: Place name in Staffordshire
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 15 August 18 16:20 BST (UK) »
I agree with Bearnan as i live in Rugeley and i pronounce it Rudgeley which most of my friends do but we come of the council estates,people from the wealthy areas pronounce it Rouge-eley,so can be scribed down wrong.One of my friends is a Clews(old Rugeley family) which seems a close offshoot of Cluse.