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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sir Thomas Wood of Low Hall, North or South Cave
« on: Thursday 01 December 11 15:09 GMT (UK)  »
Proabably just a coincidence, but dring the tracing of my Allsop family tree, I came across a letter written in 1881 suggesting that the Allsops could have been descended from a John Allsop of Market Weeton (sic), Yorkshire in the early 1700s, I have no evidence of this having traced them to Derbyshire in 1625, but it is constantly nagging me now that I have seen that South Cave is about 8 miles from Market Weighton. But there you are there are a lot of unconnected coincidences in family tree.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sir Thomas Wood of Low Hall, North or South Cave
« on: Thursday 01 December 11 14:49 GMT (UK)  »
And another message whilst I was typing my reply - must type faster!!
  Doesn't sound like he would have gone to jail for the dog & gun offence, but maybe he refused to pay the fine?
   I wonder what the law was about using the dog & gun - was he on someone else's land - perhaps that would have been poaching? Maybe it was closed season.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sir Thomas Wood of Low Hall, North or South Cave
« on: Thursday 01 December 11 14:44 GMT (UK)  »
Oh my word! I was just about get to grips with your first batch  of information, came onto the forum to reply & there was more!!! Don't know how to add smiley faces etc but smiley face!!!
    As to your comments re ZDDBD, it was the furniture belonging to Thomas that made me think he was in trouble, although I suppose sometimes today people will sell the furniture with a house - especially if it's too big to get out! So maybe it means nothing.
   Elloughton Farm certainly sounds like my TW as land at Elloughton comes down from JOhn snr to William to John jnr & then to Thomas - got to be him I should think.
   The offence in London Gazette, how annoying there is no date - however looking at the others in jail (mostly professionals), I can't help thinking it was someting to do with not attending church or non payment of fines for not attending - I'm sure I've read of that sort of thing - no idea of what era that would be tho'. Perhaps I am way out.
   Self appointed title - perhaps he made a large donation to a political party!!! I do find it odd that there is no mention anywhere of them being Sir & Lady apart from in a pamplett in B'ham written long after their deaths. 'Lady' Sarah was born circa 1779 & died 29 Nov 1861.
    Annoyingly, I have still no idea of age of any of the Wood family as the IGI throws up nothing - possibly because they were methodists? I thought having the grandmother's surname of Stather might help, but that drew a blank also. 'Sir' Thomas appears to have been a landsurveyor in 1816.
     Thomas & Sarah appear to have possibly had a son John Fred Francis aswell as a daughter Ann Maria & I thought I might find him in BMD, but no - plenty with 2 of the christian names - although it could be  that there should be a comma in there & there are 2 sons.
     From what I can see methodists only started recording baptisms in about 1830, so I might not be lucky even if I got to view the records - and I'm extremely unlikely to get to Yorkshire in the near future - might put another query on to see if someone local knows of any burial records in the Chapel as the death of Thomas might at least tell me whether he was 'Sir' or not.
    As usual a query on rootschat whilst providing lots of answers poses even more questions!

Thank you so much for your help - you've certainly worked very hard & it is much appreciated.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sir Thomas Wood of Low Hall, North or South Cave
« on: Wednesday 30 November 11 23:25 GMT (UK)  »
You have gone to so much trouble I feel embarrassed to say I still have not done you justice (unexpected visitors), but having read through it all, I can see you have basically given me a whole family & much to look into. I notice that a Marquis appears to be living at Low Hall in 1807 & I wondered if the zDDBD refence mentioning 'creditors'  meant that the Woods were having financial problems, but maybe I'm wrong - certainly Sir Thomas' wife wasn't calling herself Lady Wood in B'ham. He wasn't with her in the 1841 census & she was a widow in 1851. However, their daughter's husband left her nothing in his will & she had 3 children under 3 to bring up, so he must have thought she was well provided for. I will let you know how I get on.
   I notice too that John Wood was commissioner for the enclosures - that would have made him popular!
   Thank you for going above & beyond, you've knocked a huge hole in that wall for me - you're a star.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sir Thomas Wood of Low Hall, North or South Cave
« on: Wednesday 30 November 11 14:39 GMT (UK)  »
Wow, what a lot of trouble you have gone to - thank you so much. I have not got time to sort  through all your wonderful information at the moment, but will hopefully get to grips with it this evening. The will information is particularly exciting, as previously I could not get any idea of age for Thomas, he having such a common surname. Hopefully now, with names of siblings etc I will be able to find the family on IGI, thank you.

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The Common Room / Re: Where is/was the Palace of Ecuraish/Ecusaish
« on: Wednesday 30 November 11 10:20 GMT (UK)  »
Oh - I shall have google the masons sometime - know nothing about them other than that they are secretive! Thanks for your reply

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The Common Room / Re: Where is/was the Palace of Ecuraish/Ecusaish
« on: Wednesday 30 November 11 08:53 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, no idea - he was a doctor, trained in Edinburgh & Dublin

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The Common Room / Re: Where is/was the Palace of Ecuraish/Ecusaish
« on: Tuesday 29 November 11 15:32 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Halhawk that's interesting.

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Warwickshire / Memorials at St Mary's Sellyoak
« on: Tuesday 29 November 11 11:52 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me if there are still stone memorials at St Mary's Selly Oak? I am looking for the death dates of a small family in 1885, 1888 & 1909. If there are memorials, does anyone have or know of an index, I am looking for Alsops.
  The burial register for those dates is not on microfilm. I know the simplest way is to order the death certificates, but I'm on a budget!

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