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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Staffordshire => England => Staffordshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: xracer on Thursday 13 February 14 17:14 GMT (UK)
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Hi, My name is Debbie and I live in the U.S. I am looking for any information on Richard Cantrell, his will was recorded August 9, 1669 in Wetton, Staffordshire, England. Looking for spouse and children of this Richard. Any information will be greatly appreciated!
Thank You,
Debbie
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I would suggest that you contact Lichfield Records Office. As you have the exact details and date for the will, you can then request a photocopy. It will cost you £7.50 (or $ equivalent). I've found that wills can be very rewarding :)
lichfield.record.office (at) staffordshire.gov.uk - replace (at) with @
The staff are extremely helpful ;D ;D (no, I'm not one of them, but I do visit)
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hi Debbie
also try here at www.bmsgh.org it,s the Birmingham and midland society for genealogy and heraldry they were the folk who supplied the detail of Richards burial in july 1669 st margarets church wetton staffs , they may be able to give you more info as they do have a search facility at a modest fee .
in another site it states that the parish registers for wetton are in a very poor condition so as your looking so far back don,t be surprised if nothing can be found , I use a site for Essex parish registers and know myself how bad some of these books can be mostly from damp and rodents chewing them especially the early books written out on vellum [ sheeps skin pages ] suffer the most .
best wishes
trevor
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Will look at both sites and see what I can do. Thank you both for the information!
Debbie