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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Exeter, Devon, England-THOMAS WALKER b. 1491/ALICE MUTTLEBURY b. 1492
« on: Friday 23 August 19 21:02 BST (UK) »
Hi Julie,
Records around the 1400s are remarkably sketchy. Largely it seems as even those with clerical training may have made spelling mistakes and the calligraphy is so different. I often try to look at documents from the 1700s and it can be very hard to transcribe something.
The name Walker (in the Muttlebury family) is not known to me and I have checked my late father in law's records. He makes no mention of the name Walker either. That's not to say there wasn't a Thomas Walker - just nothing that I can see. From what I can gather Walker is mainly a Scots/Irish name?
Best Wishes
Ruth
Records around the 1400s are remarkably sketchy. Largely it seems as even those with clerical training may have made spelling mistakes and the calligraphy is so different. I often try to look at documents from the 1700s and it can be very hard to transcribe something.
The name Walker (in the Muttlebury family) is not known to me and I have checked my late father in law's records. He makes no mention of the name Walker either. That's not to say there wasn't a Thomas Walker - just nothing that I can see. From what I can gather Walker is mainly a Scots/Irish name?
Best Wishes
Ruth