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Can anyone help with this? It's from a Prerogative Court of Canterbury will for Stavely Stanton (Stannton or Staunton) of West Langton, Leicestershire who died 1691. There are two records for him: a will in English, which I can read with no trouble, and this Latin, which is much harder. I think it's his sister Elizabeth Pickering formerly Stanton challenging the will and the probate which was given to Stavely's wife Ann. It also names William Massey who I know was Stavely's guardian - he was only 16 when he died. Might this challenge be alleging that Stavely did not have his guardian's permission to marry? Does it say whether the challenge was successful or not? Apologies if my transcription is inaccurate - an image is available on Ancestry if anyone has a subscription there.

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Richard.

Might some kind person be able to look up the marriage 23 June 1696 at Wroxall of Francis Staunton and Anne Clark please? I'm hoping it specifies parishes of residence.
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Richard.

Hello - does anyone has access to the Flintham parish registers please? I'm looking at a couple called George and Sarah Harrison who had several children at Granby between 1700 and 1713. They don't appear to have married at Granby, and the closest marriage I've been able to find is George Harrison and Sarah Wood who married at Flintham in 1694. I know from George's will of 1744 that he had a daughter named Elizabeth, who does not appear to have been baptised at Granby - I wonder if they had Elizabeth at Flintham before moving to Granby? There's also a Sarah daughter of George and Sarah who was buried at Granby in 1700 but doesn't appear to have been baptised there. If anyone is able to check for any Harrison baptisms at Flintham between 1694 and 1700ish I'd be very grateful. (Unfortunately the Flintham registers in the Notts Family History Society database only go back to 1702 at the moment.)
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Richard.

Hello - does anyone have access to any Leighton Buzzard non-conformist registers? I'm looking at a family called Linney, who appear from the censuses to have had more children than show up in the Anglican registers. Thomas Linney and Mary Tring married in the parish church in 1810 and in 1812 had a daughter Hannah baptised there. There's then no further Anglican baptisms at Leighton Buzzard to Thomas and Mary, but there are three baptisms (John in 1815, and Samuel and Eliza in 1818) to "Thomas and Elizabeth". The 1841 census finds Thomas and Mary living with children including a Samuel who could be the 1818 baptism, plus a Caroline, James and William all apparently born in the 1820s. I know the 1841 census doesn't show relationships, but when James and William each later married they said their father was Thomas Linney, whilst in the 1851 census Caroline had a niece Mary Williams living with her who appears to have been Hannah's daughter. The 1841 census also has John c.1815 and Hannah Williams nee Linney living in the same house.

I'm therefore coming to the conclusion that Thomas and Mary were misrecorded as Thomas and Elizabeth on the 1815 and 1818 Anglican baptisms (It's possible Thomas might have been married three times - first to Mary Tring, second to an Elizabeth and third to another Mary - but I can't see enough burials of wives or remarriages to make that work). I also think they had children called Hannah 1812, John 1815, Samuel and Eliza 1818, Caroline c.1821, James c.1824, and William c.1829. They might also have been the parents of the five year old George who died in 1832, for whom there is no obvious baptism.

I know at least one of Thomas and Mary's grandchildren later had her children baptised in one of the Methodist Churches in Luton. Might it be that Thomas and Mary also became Methodists in the 1820s, which is where Caroline, James and William (and possibly George) were baptised? Alternatively I understand there was also a Baptist church in Leighton Buzzard at that time. If anyone has access to either the Methodist or Baptist Registers I'd be grateful if you could see if my Linneys turn up in either.

Many thanks
Richard.