In my previous letter I gave reasons to dismiss the Leskard, Cornwall Sir John Carpenter as the progenitor of the London Carpenters and Town Clerk John Carpenter. It was suggested that this Sir John could certainly be the Sir John that appears Many times in early 1300s documents, with many land holdings close to London. It was also demonstrated previously that his wife held an estate from Queen Philippa, the lady of destiny in English history, who brought many of her countrymen to England, some of them becoming knights in the service of the crown, like Sir Walter Maunay. If you saw Sir Walter’s name in a list you would assume he was an Englishman. In reality he was a Fleming with an anglofied name. Our Sir John Carpenter might easily have been a Sir Jean le Carpentier. He had a father John. It was shown previously that a Jean le Carpenter was among a select group given the rights to export wool in 1273. Jean had to be a true ‘bigwig’ with money going to all the right places, as had to be Sir John Carpenter with all his lands held from King Edward lll and consort Queen Philippa. Money and power! Money and power! History can be a better tool than strict genealogy. Sincerely’ Professor Bruce E. Carpenter