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From: Pat Cook <>
Subject: [DEV] Surname WESTERNE in Halberton,Thanks
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:27:14 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <108329.95379.qm@web86006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>


--- On Mon, 4/4/11, Joy Langdon <> wrote:


Joy wrote -
<!--#yiv1714183774 DIV {margin:0px;}-->On A2A there is a document (undated) about a William Parkhouse of Halberton which states "He owned land called Hitchcocks, Beggersbusy, part of Selgars Mills and Shoely, all in Halberton."
 
Guessing they might be near each other, I looked at Nearby Places on Genuki's Halberton Page and found Hitchcocks Farm.   There is a facility to look at various maps and I clicked on the Bing Map and found Selgars Mill  just south of it.  It is between Uffculme and Willand.
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=50.901374~-3.352405&style=s&lvl=13&sp=Point.50.901374_-3.352405_Hitchcocks%20Farm
 
Firstly thanks to Joy and Brian for their messages and help.

Thank you so much for that Joy, I didnt manage to find that map, even tho I had Googled for an Ordnance Map for the Halberton area.  I was also looking too close to Haberton for Selgar Mill.

I will try and find the document on A2A, that is where I downloaded this 1660 will from.

I am struggling trying to decipher the Secretary Script, it is slow going, I have probably got about half of the words now, there are 85 lines on two A4 pages, closely written, will carry on trying to get the more difficult words.

I think I have three generations of Humfrey Western/Westron/Westorne etc; in Halberton.

I have found a Humfry Westerne in the Devon Muster Book of 1569, he is an Archer, there is also a John WESTERN in Halberton, described as L10, I think he may be his brother. An L10, had to provide more equipment and armour than an Archer.

The Will I have, is, I think Humfrey the 3rd, and the Archer is probably his father, whom I am calling Humfrey 2nd, so going back to about the first quarter of 1500's all new ground for me, and exciting.

I have discovered on A2A a Tutorial on Secretary Script, I just need to try and get this Silver Surfers brain around it.

Thank you so much for your help, It will be interesting to see if I can uncover a date for the document you mentioned. Going to try and find it now.

Regards
Pat




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