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I wonder? Burial (Jacobis is James which Im sure you know

County   Norfolk
Place   North Walsham
Church   St Nicholas
RegisterNumber   
BurialDate   02 Aug 1708
Forename   Alice
Relationship   
Rel1MaleForename   James
Rel1FemaleForename   
Rel1Surname   ROBKINS
Surname   
Age   
Abode   
Notes   
FileNumber   1512

You may have this - doesnt help you much if you havent Im afraid

County   Norfolk
Place   North Walsham
Church   St Nicholas
RegisterNumber   
DateOfBirth   
BaptismDate   15 Feb 1691/92
Forename   Johis
Sex   M
FatherForename   Jacobi
MotherForename   Alicia
FatherSurname   ROPKINS
MotherSurname   
Abode   
FatherOccupation   
Notes   
FileNumber   1507

Not many other early ones - but just in case they are useful?

County   Norfolk
Place   Mattishall Burgh
Church   St Peter
RegisterNumber   
DateOfBirth   
BaptismDate   09 Aug 1657
Forename   Ann
Sex   F
FatherForename   John
MotherForename   
FatherSurname   ROPKIN
MotherSurname   
Abode   
FatherOccupation   
Notes   
FileNumber   769

County   Norfolk
Place   Mattishall Burgh
Church   St Peter
RegisterNumber   
DateOfBirth   
BaptismDate   13 Mar 1658/59
Forename   Susan
Sex   F
FatherForename   Jo
MotherForename   
FatherSurname   ROPKIN
MotherSurname   
Abode   
FatherOccupation   
Notes   
FileNumber   769

Have you considered the variation Robkin? eg

County   Norfolk
Place   North Walsham
Church   St Nicholas
RegisterNumber   
DateOfBirth   
BaptismDate   12 May 1633
Forename   Johannis
Sex   M
FatherForename   Fransc
MotherForename   
FatherSurname   ROBKINS
MotherSurname   
Abode   
FatherOccupation   
Notes   
FileNumber   1508

This one is driving me absolutely bonkers.  I have my GGFx4 Edward Horstead buried 1827 in Ketteringham, date shows he was born 1735.  Alongside him, his wife Elizabeth Selby buried 1826 born 1741.

I have all their children born from 1765 onwards.  I have a settlement certificate when they moved in 1760 from Ketteringham, Norfolk to East Carleton Norfolk ("and any child or children they may have")

HOWEVER  I cannot find their marriage at all in any of th surrounding villages/parishes.  It is driving me mad.  Horstead is a localised Norfolk or Northamptonshire name.  Selby is definitely not a local Norfolk name - very rare indeed in the area even in 1841.

Can anyone suggest where else I can look for this couple?  I have a possible father in John Horstade (sic) and Bridget Pilgrim marrying in Great Ellingham in 1733 BUT no way I can connect Edward to this couple either.

Any help , fresh ideas, eyes, brains would be appreciated.

KATE - Sorry if this is a cheek

But I have spent over a year looking for a couple - Edward Horstead and Elizabeth Selby - they must have married about 1760 as they had 4 kid when they turn up in Ketteringham, Norfolk in 1770.

I have looked high and low for this couple in Norfolk - Id be very grateful if you could look at marriages in Suffolk, just in case they came from over the border.  Many thanks.

   Geoff I would be just as happy if he turned up in Derby or Timbuktoo come to that and had parents with the names Wyles and Castledine!

The marriage of Ben Wyles to a Mary Castledine and the fact that my GGFx3 is William Castledine Wyles is the info that has led me to these people.

As William must have served an apprenticeship to be a cabinet maker/upholsterer I had hoped to find apprentice records somewhere but no luck.  It would be a dream if I could find that old Ben was also in the furniture trade rather than an ag lab.!!