Great historical item, Michael; please keep posting them. www.royalmaidenhead.co.uk

Correction, according to IGI her name was Albinia Courthop. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Quineys" <ftree@quineyclan.force9.co.uk> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Marriage of Rev. Mr. WOODWARD to Miss A. COURTHOP ( 1748 ) > > No related in anyway to the happy couple but just curious ... > What would *Alb.* be short for?! > Heather > > On 25/07/2011 20:30, MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com wrote: >> > From General Evening Post ( London, England ), July 7, 1748 - July 9, >> 1748; Issue 2309. >> On Saturday last was married at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, the Rev. Mr. >> WOODWARD , Rector of Great Hendred in Berks, to Miss *Alb.* COURTHOP , >> eldest >> Daughter of George COURTHOP , Esq; of Whyly in Sussex: an agreeable >> young >> Lady, with a handsome Fortune. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Heather How about Alba. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Quineys" <ftree@quineyclan.force9.co.uk> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Marriage of Rev. Mr. WOODWARD to Miss A. COURTHOP ( 1748 ) > > No related in anyway to the happy couple but just curious ... > What would *Alb.* be short for?! > Heather > > On 25/07/2011 20:30, MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com wrote: >> > From General Evening Post ( London, England ), July 7, 1748 - July 9, >> 1748; Issue 2309. >> On Saturday last was married at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, the Rev. Mr. >> WOODWARD , Rector of Great Hendred in Berks, to Miss *Alb.* COURTHOP , >> eldest >> Daughter of George COURTHOP , Esq; of Whyly in Sussex: an agreeable >> young >> Lady, with a handsome Fortune. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No related in anyway to the happy couple but just curious ... What would *Alb.* be short for?! Heather On 25/07/2011 20:30, MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com wrote: > > From General Evening Post ( London, England ), July 7, 1748 - July 9, > 1748; Issue 2309. > On Saturday last was married at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, the Rev. Mr. > WOODWARD , Rector of Great Hendred in Berks, to Miss *Alb.* COURTHOP , eldest > Daughter of George COURTHOP , Esq; of Whyly in Sussex: an agreeable young > Lady, with a handsome Fortune. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From General Evening Post ( London, England ), July 7, 1748 - July 9, 1748; Issue 2309. On Saturday last was married at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, the Rev. Mr. WOODWARD , Rector of Great Hendred in Berks, to Miss Alb. COURTHOP , eldest Daughter of George COURTHOP , Esq; of Whyly in Sussex: an agreeable young Lady, with a handsome Fortune.

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Jill - > I keep coming across people mentioned 'of Wales' in these wills of > Draycott > Moor (Southmoor), in the Longworth PR even the baptism of one, Richard > Southby has Wales besides his name. Two wills dated 1570 and 1628 use > this phrase. Is this a place in Bampton or Burford I wonder? Colin Harris's "Oxfordshire Parish Registers & Bishops Transcripts" references Wales to Hinton Waldrist. The introduction to the OFHS Hinton Waldrist parish register transcript on CD FAR03 gives: "It included the hamlets of Duxford, Wales and Burgage, of which only Duxford now remains." Wendy

Were these places on the old sheep drovers' routes from Wales? Shhep Street in Burford marks one route, and there is the Welsh House in the corner of the market square in Northampton that marks the end of the drovers' travels. HB --- On Sat, 23/7/11, Jill Muir <jill.muir@shottle.plus.com> wrote: > From: Jill Muir <jill.muir@shottle.plus.com> > Subject: [OXF] Where is Wales in North Berkshire or Oxfordshire? > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com, berkshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, 23 July, 2011, 21:00 > Hello Listers, > I keep coming across people mentioned 'of Wales' in these > wills of Draycott > Moor (Southmoor), in the Longworth PR even the baptism of > one, Richard > Southby has Wales besides his name.  Two wills dated > 1570 and 1628 use this > phrase.  Is this a place in Bampton or Burford I > wonder? > > Also has anyone come across Faringdon as Chipping > Faringdon? > > I have been trying to discover where this place can > possibly be. > > Many thanks for any help given. > > Jill > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

All The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 25 July 2011 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the library. The subject of the talk at 8.00pm is "Thirty-five years of the Oxfordshire Family Historian". This will be presented by Tony Hadland. This society was founded in 1976. The first edition of its journal, "Oxfordshire Family Historian", appeared in Spring 1977. There have now been more than a hundred issues and a dozen editors. In this talk by current editor Tony Hadland, we’ll look back at the development of the journal. At the same time, we’ll see how it reflects the growth of the society and the many changes it has gone through. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html) For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html) Any queries, please contact me. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Web : _http://www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

Very many thanks Audrey, I shall be contacting you off list. Kind Regards, Jill -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Audrey Sent: 13 July 2011 16:30 To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] Casbeard and variations Dear list and Jill Muir in particular, Blewbury has many CASBEARDS in the parish records from about 1600 to 1953. The name has been spelled variously as Casberd, Casbert, Caseberd but clearly all the same family. Interstingly, I can find no occurrence of James as a first name, and very few references to anywhere outside Blewbury. If Jill cares to contact me off-list I can check in more detail to see if there is a connection with her family. Audrey Long Blewbury Local History Group. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you for your help Wendy, and you too Phil. I do have the BRS Probate Volumes, but you still have to change the refs in there Phil to those in their Probate pamphlet. I did have visions of simply turning to my book, and using the refs,, go to the will in question. This is almost the case but not quite. Kind Regards, Jill -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phil Wood Sent: 13 July 2011 11:20 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize The British Record Society book is out of date - the references are historical in themselves. For a long time the Berkshire Record Office have been somewhat embarrassed by this old index - some wills mentioned no longer exist (possibly because of poor transcription) and they have wills that are not in the index. Over the last couple of years the BRO have had a palaeographer re-index these wills and the Berkshire Record Society have recently published two volumes of indexes covering wills of this period and earlier - indexed by name, place and occupation. That said most of the entries in the old index are valid - if a will is mentioned it probably still exists and the new index will make it easy to find at the BRO. Phil -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy King Sent: 12 July 2011 19:26 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize Jill from the Berkshire Wills and Admons 1508 - 1652 - BRS vol 8 they have modernised spellings for easier indexing - Casberd or Casbert with an alternate of Caseberd. Numbers after names are presumably will references but no explanation of them on the site I looked at. 1573 Nicolas Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuze F 386 1549 Locking (?) Casberd or Casbert ad. 1571 William Casbert Brightwell F. I 58 1583 Agnes Caseberd alias Whistler Kingston Bagpuize G 417 1591 Henry Casbert Aston Tyrrold H 356 1604 James Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize J 1373 1615 Hester Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize L 572 The 1871 census has Casbards in Middlesex, Casbeards at Blewbury. There are 18th century Casbards, Casberds and Casbeards marriages at Blewbury earliest I found was 1719 most are London, Middlesex and Somerset but that may just be the limit of the data available; no births on the site I looked at; burials mainly London, Hampshire before 1800. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:54 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize Hello Listers, Our Local History Society is transcribing wills, and I have recently been transcribing a will of James Caseberde who died in my village of Kingston Bagpuize in 1604. I have already completed 2 other Caseberde wills, and I now have a 3 generation family tree for them, but wish to know more. I have tried discovering where the surname appears in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. It is not shown in the Surnames of Oxfordshire book and I don't believe that there is a book of Berkshire surnames. There are some appearing in the 1841 and 1851 census for Berkshire, at Shillingford and area. The name or variant of this, as Casbeard, also appears on the Oxfordshire OXSIL surname list though and I have sent a message to the researcher, but so far without response. I searched for both Cakebread [ which I think Caseberd could be a variant of ] and Caseberd/e on ancestry.co.uk today and then decided to use the facility to 'Search All Records' and found there a James Caseberd died 1604 which seems to be the one I am interested in, within Probate/Glamorgan Wills, but he isn't shown on the National Library of Wales Wills Index that I could see. I am not sure how this index has been compiled. One has since been found by OFHS Surname Forename Parents Place Year CASBERD James John East Lockinge 1549 This may well be the forebear & baptism of 'my' James. I don't wish to add to my subscription plan at present, but wondered if anyone had come across this surname in Berkshire, or come to that anywhere, please? The adjoining parish of Longworth is the oldest place in the UK for Anabaptists, who seemed to have come from Glamorgan, so the tale goes, and a Cakebread researcher I have spoken to tells me that his family seemed to be Nonconformists, although the ones I am researching seem to be C of E. Many thanks, Best wishes, Jill http://longworth-district-history-society.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is a HULL family group. Edward HULL was born and baptized in Christian Malford, Wiltsh, in 1814. Frances Caroline HULL was baptized in Sutton Benger, Wilts, in 1824. In 1851, Frances Caroline HULL married Edward HULL in East Woodhay church. They lived in Pimlico, London, where Edward was a grocer. Frances Caroline HULL, aged 30, died in 1854; she was buried at Earls Court Cemetery, Brompton, London. In 1858, in Ashbury church, Berks, Edward 44, widower and grocer, married (2) Hannah DYER 32; Hannah had been born in Kington St. Michael about 1826. This family lived in Pimlico, London, till about the late 1860s. At the 1871 census, Edward 56, grocer and tea dealer, and Hannah 46 were at Avenue House in Sunninghill, Berks. Edward HULL 57 died in Sunninghill, Berks, 1871; he was buried at Brompton, London. Edward and Frances Caroline had issue, including: 1. Frances Annie HULL, born in Pimlico, London, 1852. In 1877 in St. James Church, Croydon, Frances Anna Hull married William Edwin KINGTON. William was a grocer living in Avenue House, Beggar's Bush, Sunninghill, Berks. By the 1901 census, William was a grocer, living at 211 Kings Road in Reading, Berks, with Frances and their three daughters. William and Frances had issue. Edward and Hannah had issue, including: 2. Lois Clara HULL, born in 1863, in Pimlico, London. In 1883, in Richmond, Surrey, Lois Clara HULL married Henry BURBIDGE. Henry was a wine merchant. Henry 33 and Lois 28 were in Hammersmith, London, for the 1891 census. By the 1901 census, Henry 42 was a superintendent in Harrod's Stores and was living in Kensington, Brompton, London. By the 1911 census, this family of 5 was in Plympton St. Mary, Devon. Henry 58 died in Plympton, Devon, about Q4 of 1915. Henry and Lois had issue. I would be delighted to correspond, and to share HULL family history notes, with any descendant or researcher of this family, all cousins of mine. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.

Dear list and Jill Muir in particular, Blewbury has many CASBEARDS in the parish records from about 1600 to 1953. The name has been spelled variously as Casberd, Casbert, Caseberd but clearly all the same family. Interstingly, I can find no occurrence of James as a first name, and very few references to anywhere outside Blewbury. If Jill cares to contact me off-list I can check in more detail to see if there is a connection with her family. Audrey Long Blewbury Local History Group.

The British Record Society book is out of date - the references are historical in themselves. For a long time the Berkshire Record Office have been somewhat embarrassed by this old index - some wills mentioned no longer exist (possibly because of poor transcription) and they have wills that are not in the index. Over the last couple of years the BRO have had a palaeographer re-index these wills and the Berkshire Record Society have recently published two volumes of indexes covering wills of this period and earlier - indexed by name, place and occupation. That said most of the entries in the old index are valid - if a will is mentioned it probably still exists and the new index will make it easy to find at the BRO. Phil -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy King Sent: 12 July 2011 19:26 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize Jill from the Berkshire Wills and Admons 1508 - 1652 - BRS vol 8 they have modernised spellings for easier indexing - Casberd or Casbert with an alternate of Caseberd. Numbers after names are presumably will references but no explanation of them on the site I looked at. 1573 Nicolas Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuze F 386 1549 Locking (?) Casberd or Casbert ad. 1571 William Casbert Brightwell F. I 58 1583 Agnes Caseberd alias Whistler Kingston Bagpuize G 417 1591 Henry Casbert Aston Tyrrold H 356 1604 James Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize J 1373 1615 Hester Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize L 572 The 1871 census has Casbards in Middlesex, Casbeards at Blewbury. There are 18th century Casbards, Casberds and Casbeards marriages at Blewbury earliest I found was 1719 most are London, Middlesex and Somerset but that may just be the limit of the data available; no births on the site I looked at; burials mainly London, Hampshire before 1800. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:54 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize Hello Listers, Our Local History Society is transcribing wills, and I have recently been transcribing a will of James Caseberde who died in my village of Kingston Bagpuize in 1604. I have already completed 2 other Caseberde wills, and I now have a 3 generation family tree for them, but wish to know more. I have tried discovering where the surname appears in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. It is not shown in the Surnames of Oxfordshire book and I don't believe that there is a book of Berkshire surnames. There are some appearing in the 1841 and 1851 census for Berkshire, at Shillingford and area. The name or variant of this, as Casbeard, also appears on the Oxfordshire OXSIL surname list though and I have sent a message to the researcher, but so far without response. I searched for both Cakebread [ which I think Caseberd could be a variant of ] and Caseberd/e on ancestry.co.uk today and then decided to use the facility to 'Search All Records' and found there a James Caseberd died 1604 which seems to be the one I am interested in, within Probate/Glamorgan Wills, but he isn't shown on the National Library of Wales Wills Index that I could see. I am not sure how this index has been compiled. One has since been found by OFHS Surname Forename Parents Place Year CASBERD James John East Lockinge 1549 This may well be the forebear & baptism of 'my' James. I don't wish to add to my subscription plan at present, but wondered if anyone had come across this surname in Berkshire, or come to that anywhere, please? The adjoining parish of Longworth is the oldest place in the UK for Anabaptists, who seemed to have come from Glamorgan, so the tale goes, and a Cakebread researcher I have spoken to tells me that his family seemed to be Nonconformists, although the ones I am researching seem to be C of E. Many thanks, Best wishes, Jill http://longworth-district-history-society.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don't Forget!! This Saturday 16 July from 9.30am to 1pm Family History Surgery at Wantage Library. Bring us your family history questions to this session and we will endeavour to help you find the answers. To book a slot please phone Wantage Library on 01235 762291. Monday 18 July meeting at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive, Abingdon at 7.30pm. When our speaker will be Deborah Hayter and 'Ridge & Furrow - what's it all about? Monthly meetings are held at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive Abingdon at 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Where there is ample free parking. Everyone welcome. For more information email Vale@BerksFHS.org.uk or phone 07851206313 Sue Matthews Programme Secretary Vale of the White Horse Branch Berkshire Family History Society

Jill from the Berkshire Wills and Admons 1508 - 1652 - BRS vol 8 they have modernised spellings for easier indexing - Casberd or Casbert with an alternate of Caseberd. Numbers after names are presumably will references but no explanation of them on the site I looked at. 1573 Nicolas Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuze F 386 1549 Locking (?) Casberd or Casbert ad. 1571 William Casbert Brightwell F. I 58 1583 Agnes Caseberd alias Whistler Kingston Bagpuize G 417 1591 Henry Casbert Aston Tyrrold H 356 1604 James Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize J 1373 1615 Hester Casberd or Casbert Kingston Bagpuize L 572 The 1871 census has Casbards in Middlesex, Casbeards at Blewbury. There are 18th century Casbards, Casberds and Casbeards marriages at Blewbury earliest I found was 1719 most are London, Middlesex and Somerset but that may just be the limit of the data available; no births on the site I looked at; burials mainly London, Hampshire before 1800. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:54 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] CASBERD James died 1604 Kingston Bagpuize Hello Listers, Our Local History Society is transcribing wills, and I have recently been transcribing a will of James Caseberde who died in my village of Kingston Bagpuize in 1604. I have already completed 2 other Caseberde wills, and I now have a 3 generation family tree for them, but wish to know more. I have tried discovering where the surname appears in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. It is not shown in the Surnames of Oxfordshire book and I don't believe that there is a book of Berkshire surnames. There are some appearing in the 1841 and 1851 census for Berkshire, at Shillingford and area. The name or variant of this, as Casbeard, also appears on the Oxfordshire OXSIL surname list though and I have sent a message to the researcher, but so far without response. I searched for both Cakebread [ which I think Caseberd could be a variant of ] and Caseberd/e on ancestry.co.uk today and then decided to use the facility to 'Search All Records' and found there a James Caseberd died 1604 which seems to be the one I am interested in, within Probate/Glamorgan Wills, but he isn't shown on the National Library of Wales Wills Index that I could see. I am not sure how this index has been compiled. One has since been found by OFHS Surname Forename Parents Place Year CASBERD James John East Lockinge 1549 This may well be the forebear & baptism of 'my' James. I don't wish to add to my subscription plan at present, but wondered if anyone had come across this surname in Berkshire, or come to that anywhere, please? The adjoining parish of Longworth is the oldest place in the UK for Anabaptists, who seemed to have come from Glamorgan, so the tale goes, and a Cakebread researcher I have spoken to tells me that his family seemed to be Nonconformists, although the ones I am researching seem to be C of E. Many thanks, Best wishes, Jill http://longworth-district-history-society.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Listers, Our Local History Society is transcribing wills, and I have recently been transcribing a will of James Caseberde who died in my village of Kingston Bagpuize in 1604. I have already completed 2 other Caseberde wills, and I now have a 3 generation family tree for them, but wish to know more. I have tried discovering where the surname appears in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. It is not shown in the Surnames of Oxfordshire book and I don't believe that there is a book of Berkshire surnames. There are some appearing in the 1841 and 1851 census for Berkshire, at Shillingford and area. The name or variant of this, as Casbeard, also appears on the Oxfordshire OXSIL surname list though and I have sent a message to the researcher, but so far without response. I searched for both Cakebread [ which I think Caseberd could be a variant of ] and Caseberd/e on ancestry.co.uk today and then decided to use the facility to 'Search All Records' and found there a James Caseberd died 1604 which seems to be the one I am interested in, within Probate/Glamorgan Wills, but he isn't shown on the National Library of Wales Wills Index that I could see. I am not sure how this index has been compiled. One has since been found by OFHS Surname Forename Parents Place Year CASBERD James John East Lockinge 1549 This may well be the forebear & baptism of 'my' James. I don't wish to add to my subscription plan at present, but wondered if anyone had come across this surname in Berkshire, or come to that anywhere, please? The adjoining parish of Longworth is the oldest place in the UK for Anabaptists, who seemed to have come from Glamorgan, so the tale goes, and a Cakebread researcher I have spoken to tells me that his family seemed to be Nonconformists, although the ones I am researching seem to be C of E. Many thanks, Best wishes, Jill http://longworth-district-history-society.org.uk