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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Thomas Stonyer, birthpace?
« on: Friday 10 May 24 23:01 BST (UK)  »
I have attached a clip from the UK regimental Registers of Service for a Thomas Stonyer. I can't make out his birthplace in Staffordshire. It appears to say Hansame, but I can't find any place with that name in Staffordshire. There's also what appears to be an occupation in the third column from the right that I can't quite make out. Any ideas, please?

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The Common Room / The Queen V. Stonyer and Others, 1842
« on: Wednesday 01 May 24 23:26 BST (UK)  »
A newspaper report in the Morning Herald of 20 Jan1842 refers to a court case of The Queen V. Stonyer and Others. I think the case is heard by the Queen's Bench. Where might I find a transcript of the hearing? The case appears to combine both libel and bankruptcy.  :D

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The Common Room / Help to find a missing marriage
« on: Sunday 28 April 24 23:32 BST (UK)  »
I have a Peter S Heath who I believe married a Martha Stonyer (or possibly Stonier or Stanier) at some point between 1841 and 1844. I have an unmarried Martha on an 1841 Census at Burton Extra, Staffordshire, England HO107 Piece 975 Book 10 Folio 5 Pages 22 - 23, with her father and mother. Peter and Martha had two children born in the UK, John Thomas Heath, born 1844, birth registered in Burton upon Trent and Peter Heath, born 1846, birth registered in Burton upon Trent. The family then migrated to the USA and next appear on the US 1850 census.

I can't find a record of a marriage, which I assume happened sometime between 1841 and 1844, on any of the usual places. Help, please.

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Staffordshire / Blythe Bridge Mill
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 15:50 BST (UK)  »
I have discovered that the mill at Blythe Bridge was re-built in 1823. A mill on the site was previously owned by a Richard Stonier, and left in his will with "the House and yard thereunto belonging the Mill Dam Dockyard pingle and Gravelly Bank"  to his son William. William was declared bankrupt in 1822, which presumably means the mill was sold to cover his debts, and the purchaser rebuilt it in its current Gothic style.

Neither the 1769 Yates map of Staffordshire, nor the earliest OS map I can find (25 inch 1882) show any of the named features. The also seems to be a dearth of information about the older mill.

Are there any maps c1822 that might show the features listed in Richard's will? And what is a "pingle".

The will also mentions "Mills", plural. Was there ever more than one mill on the site? The will is online on FindMyPast.

Any help is appreciated.

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Staffordshire / St. Giles, Cheadle
« on: Friday 05 April 24 14:35 BST (UK)  »
I have three people baptized at St. Giles, Cheadle, between 1747 and 1750, but the baptisms all seem to be Anglican, not Catholic. Was St. Giles Church of England before being re-built in 1841? Is there any information about the earlier church available online?

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Staffordshire / Cheadle, Corn Mills
« on: Friday 05 April 24 14:16 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for any historical information about two corn mills, the Adderley Mill, located on the river Tean to the north-west of Cheadle, and the Cheadle Corn Mill, on the Cicelley Brook/Cheadlemill Brook to the south-east of Cheadle. I am specifically intererested in the history of the mills before 1800. Any help, or suggestions where to go for this information gratefully received.

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The Common Room / What exactly does this baptism entry mean?
« on: Wednesday 27 March 24 15:28 GMT (UK)  »
I have a baptism for a child called Elionor on the 4 January 1648/49 in Chelmarsh, Shropshire. The image is on FindMyPast at:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS%2FSHROP%2FP57-A-1-1%2F113764&parentid=GBPRS%2FSHROP%2FBAP%2F986894

The entry reads:

Elionor reputed bastard of James Dovie and Margery Lawrence, by procurement of Frauncis Dovie, the reputed grandfather

What does "by procurement of Frauncis Dovie ..." mean?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Thomas Dovey, burial?
« on: Wednesday 27 March 24 14:18 GMT (UK)  »
Can't quite make out all of this, but I think it's a burial. The transcription just has 1610 Aug. 18 Thomas Dovy sep. "sep" I assume is short for sepultra/sepultrae.

Full image is on FindMyPast:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS%2FSHROP%2FP57-A-1-1%2F113733&parentid=GBPRS%2FSHROP%2FBUR%2F677748

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Parish Register Marriage entry
« on: Friday 09 February 24 22:46 GMT (UK)  »
Help, please, to decipher the second entry in the attached clip, the marriage entry for George Longmore.

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