Thomas Brickett (mayor of Salisbury: 1519)

[Stevieb69]

Good day,

I am researching the 'Brickett' family tree. My grandfather's research highlighted that there was a Thomas Brickett who was a mayor of Salibsury in 1519. There was another Brickett who was a mayor of Salibsury in 1630. I am interested in seeing how he rest of my family tree links in with this Thomas Brickett.

Interestingly, Thomas Brickett was the founder of a charity that built an alm's house for the use of 5 poor men or woman. I have a photograph of the plaque in Salibsury commemorating the event. The alms houses are situated in Dragon street, Salisbury. The alms houses were built in 1534.

I suspect that Thomas may have had a son called Robert. I have no further information and was wondering if anyone had any further information?

Thanks!

[Ermintrude46]

Hi Stevie and welcome to Rootschat.  I would be cautious about trying to link in famous or important people from that long ago, tempting tho' it is, as it's very easy to get sidetracked or take a wrong turn.  How far have you/your granddad traced the family tree back so far from living generations?  Do you have solid certificate/parish record/census information for each step of the way so far? Any internet based transcribed information should be checked against original sources, wherever possible.
Ermy   

[anpefa1]

hello stevie

your post should be moved to wiltshire and rootschatters there may assist with research.

there should be a family history society in that shire and someone could look up council records.

let me know how you get on as there may be some records at the national archives and/or the british library both of which i have access to.

tony

[Stevieb69]

Hi Ermy

Thank you for your advice.

My grandfather did some reasearch into this particular Thomas Brickett some years back when he was in the UK and was researching the rest of the family tree. Our family tree currently goes back to the 1500's with much of the 1500-1700 information being obtained from correspondence with researchers in the US and particularly Canada. We do have solid information (BMD, census, bapitsm and other docs) confirming the tree thereafter. We are researching a number of different areas of the tree at the moment, this being one of them. I am also particularly interested in understanding how the UK Brickett family name links in with that of the US (with information on the US side on its way shortly to me).

As mentioned, my grandfather appeared to have staretd to get some useful information but never did link it in with our existing tree. Our surname is rather unusual and hence feel that there must be a link.

Please don't get me wrong - this is not about linking in famous people into my tree - it is all about linking in areas of interest (the photos I have of the hospital that he opened) with my tree and understanding where our roots lie.

Holding my fingers for information.

Thanks for our advice and your prompt rely - much appreciated.

Regards
Stevie

[Stevieb69]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the note. I am very new to roots chat - my first use of it some months ago has been unbelievably fruitful and hence want to try and start using it more going forward.

Was wondering if you could help me with the following questions:

- have you moved this question to Wiltshire (on roots chat)? If not, how do I move it?
- I struggled (stll working out the site) to know how to create a new thread. What is the best way to do it going forward?

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Regards
Stevie

[anpefa1]

hi stevie

a moderator will move your request in time however, from the main page select forum, select england, select shire/county (wilts) select new topic and post.

make sure that you mention that you have posted already in another field so that the moderaror will latch on and combine that post with your "new" topic.

the help section on the main page will give you most of the guidance and answers you may require.

tony