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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Saturday 21 May 11 16:28 BST (UK)  »
I am looking forward to Matts book- the Head dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries is complex and confusing, spread as it is over different manors and parishes.A real Headache ! I for one  would welcome a definative understandable  work on them,to add to those of Cherry, and Horton Smith already mentioned.The latter is part on line-
"The Heads of Newbury and of Winterbourn" (ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata.../BAJ051-A06- horton-smith.pdf)  and  "The
earliest Head of Winterbourne and his second sons descendants.   "(ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch.../BA048-A02-horton smith.pdf.) A full copy appears to be in Reading library reference section.
From these sources and various on line trees it would appear most branches stem from Richard Hede ca1475-1530.Horton Smith gives his will as 25/5/1530 held in Arch Berks A131.I hope this helps others in  this most difficult quest. Chris

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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Tuesday 05 April 11 20:07 BST (UK)  »
thanks for your interest-I have researched him a little more. He was Henry Curtis Cherry(d 1864)who wrote at least 3 volumes of the genealogies of various Berkshire families, entitled   "Bercheriensis prosapiae",of whom the Heads were one,ca 1851. although intended it was never published,and now  is in Reading University special collections,Ref ms104.
I think it might be on fiche-as my late aunt obtained a (frustratingly) part copy of the Head tree,in 1970 and wrote about the machine scroller going wrong! It is referred to in the 1924 Berkshire Histories of various manors.  Iwould welcome comments from anyone who has accessed this magnum opus. Chris

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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Friday 01 April 11 12:53 BST (UK)  »
In common with Malshep and Matgeorges, I am looking at the Head family of Compton and surrounding area,and their links to the Chancellor family of Compton and possibly Hungerford. I have one  half of the tree made by Cherry drawn up in ca1840-50, showing a clear line back to the Thomas of Roden House,ca1667.Earlier than that ,key parts of the Cherry tree are missing. I keep finding references to this tree ,in Berkshire histories but all search engines refer me to the arboreal plant,hostelries etc !Any ideas of where it is on line or means of accessing it.Thanks in advance,Chris

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