> > > First question: the 1700's parish called Lee - where was it?? Always called The Lee (to compensate for the short name, maybe>) It is next to Great Missenden, which is likely to be on most maps of any scale. The Lee is a pretty village approached by a really horrible narrow road, where if you meet a large car coming the other way, you have to back or mount the grass verge. It is a long way (old style) from Padbury etc. > > ? > > Now the goodie question. I am confused by the Judge family of Bucks > > and > thought > > someone here is going to be smart enough to give me an educated > > guess.? ? In the 1500's I have?Judges in Addington and Padbury that > > appear to be one family. Sounds entirely reasonable, and I think can be checked by an unusual forename ( is it Isaac, or is he further up the road?) I think one of them got married in Edgcott, > > but Edgcott is pretty far from Addington.?? ? Judges b.1500's made > > marriages in Padbury, Edgcott, Waddesdon, Twyford, Ludgershall, > > Whaddon, Stowe, Adstock, and Whaddon. They are within range (mostly) of Buckingham market town, where ag labs were hired annually. Waddesdon is a bit further off from this, and maybe Ludgershall, but a two stage migration for work is always possible. . > > So, here is where I need an educated guess. In the 1550-1600 period, > > would?the members of one?family consistently go so far afield from > > Padbury to find a spouse? Keeping in mind markets Because the opportunities for social mixing during thw roking day were limited, a pattern of meeting, chatting up and courting based on a first meeting at market is quite usual. ( The men would go in, buy whatever they had been sent for, then look round for entertainment. This might blossom into more. 'A pound of nails, a ewe lamb and a wife' was the order.