Hi Jackie - apologies for delay as I have only just got your message here...although I believe a friend of mine, Cyndi, mentioned your message and I tried to reply but got a mail delivery failure.
However - what do you mean we Richard Tearle's are a nightmare!!! Anyway, I don't think we Tearles are connected to Thearles although no link has been established, nor has it been entirely ruled out. I have a Yahoo group for us Tearles which you are welcome to come along and join and ask your questions, though I feel you'll get the same answer from our 'experts'. The Tearles were most definitely Bedfordshire rooted if that's any help.
If you want to look at the group, its on:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tearleMaybe hear from you soon?
Cheers
Richard (Tearle!!)