This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GNE.2ACEB/42 Message Board Post: date c1150 Giles of Blacolvesiai(blakesley) date c1427 Robert Aleyne of Blakesle(Blakesley) date c1616 Blacondsley als.blaconsley(Blakesley) Northamptonshire. By the way Essex is not a shire as some of you think.