Hello to all of you who expressed an interest in the story I mentioned, I have now got the book again. I shall try to give a brief outline of it It is called "Robergia-a Story of Old England by Richard Y. COOK,privately printed in Philadelphia 1905.(50 copies printed) It was written in Bayreuth,where he and his wife were attending Wagner operas.Meant for the grandchildren, it was a story that "could" have happened, about a little girl aged twelve, in a grim old castle in 1194. She was called Robergia de BOURDON, and her father Simon had been four years away with King Richard the Lionheart,and her mother Elfrida of Kent,heiress of Saxon owner of castle and land,had been dead for a year. Her father returned,and the next year he died, stating in his will she should marry a cousin Francis de Bourdon, of Bayeux. Robergia had a church built, (Headcorn) and on the day it was consecrated, she had a parchnent sealed in a lead box and concealed in the church.She had two sons, Simon and Richard,and she died 1220. Then Richard Y.COOK and his wife, Lavinia BORDEN went to England and visited the church. There is quite a long lead up to the discovery of the parchment behind a loose stone in the wall, He is guided to it by a strange presence which they later thought might only have been a shaft of moonlight etc, very eerie. The parchment gives Robergia's story and they wrote it down very quickly, for the words faded before their eyes. At the end of the book there are copies of BORDEN Wills and a description of the Church. I know I haven't done justice to the charming story. There should be copies in America as it was pblished there and the descendants of Richard who emigrated should have it somewhere. Best Wishes May -- May Leslie at Whangarei NZ mayles@xtra.co.nz