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Hi David

Yes, I'll send you what I've found in Shropshire/Worcestershire.  Let's see if we can link the 12th and 13th century.  Did William Fitz Adeline have daughters, apart from Scholastica who lived in Dublin?

I've seen somewhere that William Fitz Adeline died in the Holy Land in 1202.  Is this correct.  If so, do we know where he's buried and how he died? He must have been a good old age by then!

Maria

Hi Kevster

Send me a PM if you are interested in more info, although "Behind the frogs" has a very good summary of both lines.  I think you need to post 3 messages on the board before you can send a PM.

Maria

Hello Kevster

I would love to see your copy of the Edlin family tree.  Where do you fit in?  I have a tree researched by Robert Wilfrid Edlin, which served me as a base to start my research.
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I'm Maria C. Edlin, daughter of Ronald Stanley Edlin, son of Stanley Edlin, son of Robert William Edlin.
I have plenty of info on this branch of the family if you're interested.
Do you have info on Emma Edlyng and her children?

Maria




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Hi everyone

Just a snippet:

I have found Edlin in two historical references.  The first is in the poem called The Hoianau which is included in the Black Book of Carmarthen, which although written in the 13th century contains poems relating to events that took place centuries earlier including heroes of Dark Age Britain.

In this poem we find an unnamed man addressing a pig and prophesying the success or failure of the Welsh in forthcoming battles.  The following is just one verse, which mentions the lands of Eddlyn:

The Hoianau (Greetings)

O listen little pig
O blessed pig
The sibyl has told me
A frightful thing:
When Llogria encamps
In the lands of Eddlyn
Making Deganwy a strong fort
Between Llogria and Cymru,
A child will appear leaping
And the Franks will flee.
At Aber Dulas they will fall
Sweating in bloody garments.

Llogria – what is now England
Franks – Normans  (The name may have been changed by scribe writing in 13th Century)
Cymru – Wales
Aber Dulas – West Coast of Wales
Deganwy Castle in the 6th century was fortified as the stronghold of the king of Gwynedd, North Wales
And the LANDS OF EDDLYN……!!!

Any thoughts?

Maria

Hi David

This is what I have:

I don't have George Edlinge (buried 1582 Belton) on my tree, although I've pencilled him in as son of William Edlyn b.1490 from your notes.

I have John Edlynge b 1513 m Unknown

His son William Edlinge b c 1540

His son William Edlyn b. 1565 Denton m. Ann Adcock 1586 Knipton

Now it gets a bit muddled.  This marriage had 2 daughters - I have no names for them.  One married Roger Claxton (Grandson of Catherine Claxton), and the other married Michael Fletcher (Grandson of Allice Edlyn and Fletcher).  So the daughters married cousins.

I have no details on the Claxton son of Catherine, and only the name Anne, mother of Michael Fletcher, who was sister of William b. 1565 Denton.  Seems to be a lot of in-breeding here and it may not be correct.

Maria