On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:25:45 +0100, joel langton <[email protected]> wrote: > You may be aware of the Langtons of Bristol already, they were Mayors and > Sheriffs of Bristol, and wealthy merchants from the 17th century > I am trying to trace the early part of the family before they rose to > become really > prominent. Roughly speaking, that means pre-1600s. > Hopefully one of you has a little piece of important information, or has > access to something I dont, or something I have missed. Hi Joel, In the will of Thomas LAWRENCE, January 11th. 1581, George LANGTON was among the witnesses. Source -- Notes or Abstracts of the Wills contained in the volume entitled The Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills in the Council House at Bristol (1886) by the Rev. T.P. Wadley, M.A., Rector of Naunton Beauchamp. Josephine