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Quote from: danielr on Saturday 03 May 25 10:11 BST (UK)

Quote from: Tickettyboo on Friday 02 May 25 14:12 BST (UK)

Death Notice , Morpeth Herald 09 Feb 1861, page 8, col 4

Boo

Ah awesome, fantastic find! Age also matches with the birth-year I’ve found so is very likely him.

Link to the burial register (Bishop's Transcript) entry image for Thomas Mole
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S89-V5D?

If you want further confirmation/clues to decide if its the right man, you'd need to see his civil death certificate details : A death entry for this time will give date and place of death, name, age, occupation, cause of death and the name and address of the informant - who hopefully is a known relative :-)

if you don't already have one, sign up for a free account at https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

If you are logged in you can search historical births/deaths in England & Wales. Once you find one and select it you get 3 options to order the record
1 an official certificate  - by post on a posh piece of paper cost £12.50
2 a pdf image of the original register entry - by email within a few days cost £8
3 a digital image of the register entry - immediately available online after payment cost £3
no prizes for guessing which option is my preferred one.
However there 'can'  be problems with the digital ones as they were not always scanned 'straight' and sometimes  the top or bottom may not be viewable. I still try that option first, if the image isn't fully readable, I ask for a refund (they are not rescanning these) and order the pdf version.

Boo

Amazing, thank you Boo! Will . for if/when I start looking into the Mole side 

What was the source of the image you’ve seen?
Could you give a link to it?

It was an image I’d saved from, maybe Ancestry? Looks like it was someone’s notes researching the Elizabeth Grey side of the tree though. When I’m next at the library I’ll see if I can find it 

For a good overview of sources, there's Chris Phillip's Medieval English Genealogy. Strictly speaking Medieval would be pre-1500 but there are many sources up to 1600. Many of these are for upper classes, but probate records and common law records can help.

http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/olmed.shtml

Fantastic, thank you!

What were the names of the Baker children? That can sometime give a clue as to parent's parent's names

Currently been able to find: Elizabeth, John, Margaret, William (to whom I'm related) and Francis.

Hello!

I have been very fortunate and found that a lineage has had generations of records linked to St. Matthew's Church in Walsall, Staffordshire. The earliest relative I've been able to find is a John Baker, who married Anne Cowper in 1592. Anne was christened in 1572 at St. Matthew, as was her and John's son William in 1609. It appears that John was buried at the church in 1624 and Anne in 1647.

I have been unable to find any information on John prior to his marriage. The burial records don't list ages, and Anne's christening records don't list parent names (only that her father's surname was Cowper). Ancestry appears to have no information outside of marriage and child christenings for either (cannot find any family trees with them on). FamilySearch alleges that John was born "abt 1567 in Walsall" and his parents were "Capt. Christopher Thomas Baker" and "Mary Dorythe Thomsone" - no were sources provided and no records that I could find even suggested these details could be true.

Are there any other web resources that I can use to try find more information? Unfortunately geographical restrictions prevent me from being able to physically get my hands dirty 

Thank you!