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pipe rolls

laurie wicker proctor — 23 Jul 2004 9:26:26 GMT

where can i obtain copies of or information within saxon england's pipe rolls? i'm searching for particular names of various ancestors

Reynell to Reynolds family history and/or blazon

BlueFox78 — 12 Feb 2007 8:40:30 GMT

Can anyone please help me out here? I am trying to locate the reason why my ancestors went from Reynell to Reynolds as a last name and no, its not cause a woman was married. For some reason, the direct male lineage changed the name and I am curious as to why. Also, I am looking for pictures of accurate Reynolds (English descent) and Reynell (also English) coat of arms or blazons.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Mark Reynolds

Richard the I and Wm of Nomandy

frank_bloom — 27 Sep 2007 7:07:56 GMT

I'm begining to wonder about the accuracy of the search engine of this site.
Everytime I trace my Maternal side all leads go thru Richard the I
4 different angles so far.
How many wives did he have???

Before England...

BdDiZzLe — 5 May 2008 11:54:01 GMT

Well, My last name is Batte and I have a few questions about my heritage. I am Not sure how to find out my family history before 1300's in england. I am interested in Finding out my roots before England and where they are. According to Ancestry.com's place of orgin surname finder, My name either comes from Germany, Italy, England, Ireland, Russia, or Württemberg. All want is a way to find out where my family was before England. I am planning on getting the DNA test but I would like to do a little reasearch before I go strait into it.

Thanks,
Brent

Edward Aethieling & Agatha Unknown

SueAnnMorrow51 — 11 Mar 2002 2:41:23 GMT

I am currently trying to locate the Surname of the Unknown Spouse listed below: This family is a part of my family tree which may be related either directly or indirectly to me. If you have any additional information or corrections on this family would you please email me at KentuckyBumpkin@att.net. Thank you in advance!

Descendants of Prince Edward Aethieling

Generation No. 1

1. PRINCE EDWARD10 AETHIELING (EDMOND THE SECOND KING OF9 ENGLAND, ETHELRED THE SECOND KING OF8, KING OF ENGLAND7 EDGAR, THE FIRST KING OF ENGLAND6 EDMOND, EDWARD THE ELDER KING OF5 ENGLAND, ALFRED THE GREAT KING OF4, KING OF WESSEX3 ETHELWOLF, UNKNOWN SON2 ECGBERHT, UNKNOWN SON1 EALHMUND) was born in England, and died 1057 in London, England. He married AGATHA UNKNOWN in Hungary.

Child of PRINCE AETHIELING and AGATHA UNKNOWN is:
2. i. MARGARET11 AETHIELING, b. England; d. 1093, Dunfermline, Scotland.

Generation No. 2

2. MARGARET11 AETHIELING (PRINCE EDWARD10, EDMOND THE SECOND KING OF9 ENGLAND, ETHELRED THE SECOND KING OF8, KING OF ENGLAND7 EDGAR, THE FIRST KING OF ENGLAND6 EDMOND, EDWARD THE ELDER KING OF5 ENGLAND, ALFRED THE GREAT KING OF4, KING OF WESSEX3 ETHELWOLF, UNKNOWN SON2 ECGBERHT, UNKNOWN SON1 EALHMUND) was born in England, and died 1093 in Dunfermline, Scotland. She married THE THIRD KING OF SCOTS MALCOLM 1067 in Dunfermline, Scotland, son of THE FIRST KING OF SCOTS DUNCAN. He was born 1024 in Scotland, and died 13 November 1093 in Malcolm's Cross, Ainwick, Dunfermline, Scotland.

Child of MARGARET AETHIELING and THE MALCOLM is:
i. OF SCOTLAND EDITH12 MATILDA, b. 1079; d. 01 May 1118, Westminster, London, England; m. KING HENRY, THE FIRST, 11 November 1100; b. 1068, England; d. December 1135, Gisors, France.

Medeival Occupations

HHilpert — 26 Mar 2007 3:53:43 GMT

I am looking for information on medeival occupations.According to records in Germany,some ancestors of my late father were Herditary Foresters in Baden.
I'm sure this postion was the same in England. How did one get to be a forester and how did the position get handed down from father to son?

Memorial Day thought for Henry Hotspur Percy (May 20, 1364/6 – July 21, 1403)

danallendc — 25 May 2007 9:53:57 GMT

Hotspur was a great warrior against the Scots and French. His success paused, when he was captured in The Battle of Otterburn in 1388. This battle took place partly under moonlight, near the border of Scotland. Later, Hotspur was ransomed. He went to Calais in 1391, then was governor of Bordeaux from 1393 to 1395.

Upon returning to England, Hotspur joined with his father and helped depose King Richard II in favour of Henry of Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV. Later with his uncle, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, he led a rebellion against King Henry IV, forming an alliance with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndŵr. Before they could join forces, Hotspur was defeated and killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury when he raised his visor to get some air (as he was wearing plate armour which restricted air circulation) and was immediately hit in the mouth with an arrow and killed instantly.

Henry IV, upon being brought the body, was said to have wept and ordered the body buried. He was buried in Whitchurch, Shropshire, but the king then decided to make an example to all those who would rebel; His body was exhumed, cut up into four quarters and sent around all of England. His head was stuck on a pole at York's gates.

Hotspur's son, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was killed in the The First Battle of St Albans (May 22, 1455), seen as the first battle of the War of the Roses.

The next Henry Percy in line was Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 34 when his father was killed in 1455). He commanded the Lancastrian van (supply depot?) at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed. The Battle of Towton was the largest and bloodiest ever fought on British soil, with casualties believed to have been in excess of 20,000. The battle took place on a snowy 29 March 1461 (Palm Sunday) on a plateau between the villages of Towton and Saxton in Yorkshire.

Hotspur was never an Earl. His father was the 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son was the 2nd, because Hotspur predeceased his father.

Howard family

Nancymarie — 1 Jan 2006 4:05:16 GMT

Would like to trace the Howard family that migrated to America (year unknown). Family first names: John, Gilbert, Dexter, Dewey. Seems they went to Alabama and owned slaves. Protestant.

Later moved to Ohio near Akron, then to Cleveland

Norton name origin and the Nortons of Sharpenhoe

Scott Norton — 7 Sep 2004 10:01:44 GMT

It doesn't appear that the Nortons of Shapenhoe were established there in 1100. Does anybody know where they came from (other than Normandy).

I have heard that they are connected with the Nortons of York (Norton-conyers) in fact that Adam Norton-conyers was the son of Margaret Norton of the Sharpenhoe Nortons.

Since the Sharpenhoes are noble, they could have taken the name from DeNorville or lands in the North country York.

There is no manor for the Nortons in Sharpenhoe. If they are noble, where are their lands? all of this is pointing to the hisotry of I have of Margaret Norton inheriting the land in York, marrying John Conyers and establishing on her land at Norton-Conyers from the 1300's.

What does anyone know?