Medieval Family History - taking the plunge...

[Ruskie]

I did something similar to Lydart, but via a google search. If you enter a place name as well, this can whittle out the irrelevant hits.

[MarieC]

Had no idea all of this was possible! 

I might investigate some of my lines using the suggestions given here.  Trouble is, I'm not good at reading Old Englishe or Latin - am having enough trouble with 17th century wills!! 

MarieC

[Keith Sherwood]

Having now read the Victoria History of Ickleton, I made a note that in the 1524 Lay Subsidy Roll 86 people were assessed in the village.
I'm hoping to pop up to the CCRO on Tuesday, so will see whether they might have a copy of this.  Has anyone else ever tried to spot their ancestors in this particular taxation record?
Also, in my latest bedtime read: "Medieval Genealogy", it looks as though the records of the local manorial courts might prove to be a goldmine for mentioning residents in the area...
keith

[behindthefrogs]

It is also worth looking at the record office (or reference library) to see if a herald's visitation to the county was published.  Even if your family didn't claim a coat of arms they might have married into a family that did.

David

[Keith Sherwood]

Thanks for that David,
I'm giving a bit of a running - strolling, more like - commentary as I work my way through what is turning out to be an excellent book.  Only on page 61 so far, and I've just had a peek in the index, and Heralds Visitations gets a good going over later in the book.  Can't wait...
keith

[LizzieW]

Hi Keith

Via Familysearch.org, I managed to trace a branch of my family from my g.grandfather back to 10 x g.grandfather.  I've only a date of his death in 1662, but as my 9 x g.grandfather was born in 1570, I assume 10 x g.grandfather must have been born at least 16 years prior to that. I've yet to go to the village in Yorkshire where they were all born, baptised and buried to confirm this, but it's obviously possible to find families who all stayed in the same place. 

My problem is with a different branch of the family where a g.grandfather was born in London.   

Lizzie

[Keith Sherwood]

Lizzie,
All very interesting, and yes, the main guiding impetus behind me thinking I might possibly have some joy with my particular line is that the GURNER family may well have lived in the selfsame small village right back in to the 15thC.
The man who wrote the book I keep referring to, Paul Chambers, uses many examples from the manorial records of the tantalisingly nearby place of Swaffham Prior in Cambs to illustrate how he was lucky enough (and resourceful enough) to trace his own family backwards pre-1538...
keith

[Lydart]

Keith ... if he has anything about Dorset, I'll buy a copy ! 

[behindthefrogs]

Hi Keith

 I've only a date of his death in 1662, but as my 9 x g.grandfather was born in 1570, I assume 10 x g.grandfather must have been born at least 16 years prior to that. I've yet to go to the village in Yorkshire where they were all born, baptised and buried to confirm this, but it's obviously possible to find families who all stayed in the same place. 

Lizzie

This would mean that as a minimum your 10 x g grandfather was 108 years old when he died and was 15 when your 9 x g grandfather was conceived.  I would suggest that you have been using submitted entries to family search and have fallen over the usual problems that this causes.  Alternatively you have skipped a generation.

David