sorry a correction likely a first cousin a child of one of his parents sisters or brothers On 1-Oct-10, at 8:40 AM, roger baynton wrote: > I'm not sure if 'Bristol & District' goes out as far as Lacock - > probably > not, but my query is more of a genral genealogical nature and > refers to the > Baynton family who eventually ended up in Bedminster sensibly > brewing beer!! > Wilts & Swindon History Centre holds a book "Annals & Antiquities > of LACOCK > ABBEY in the County of Wilts by Rev W L Bowles published 1835" > In the accounts quoted therein is > ~ "Survey of 1535 ... Fees. To Edward Baynton Knt* Chief Steward > of the > Monastry for his yearly fee £2 13s 4d * Of Bromham; Cousin German > to the > Abbess, whose mother was Jane Baynton, his aunt" Sir Edward is the > son of my > 14th Great Grand Uncle. But my query is, what is a "Cousin German " > I think > that it is the same as a first cousin. Am I right. Is it just a > term which > has fallen into disuse since the book was published in 1835 ? > > Best wishes to all > > > Roger Baynton > > *´¨) > ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) > (¸.·´ (¸.·` * Roger > > > Before printing, think about the environment > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message