-----Original Message----- From: George Newbury <georgen@supercity.ns.ca> To: Moonrakers@ultra.net.au <Moonrakers@ultra.net.au> Date: Sunday, November 22, 1998 8:47 PM Subject: [Moonrakers] RE: Gordano, Somerset >The book that i posted earlier has 162 pages, title is > > Gordano c1825 > The Tale of Gordano > > by Eve Wigan > > Gordano, its an area / place - thats in Somerset, > in that area south of the Avon River, at its exit to the sea. > > my map shows the following places, Walton in Gordano, > Weston in Gordano, > Clapton in Gordano, > Easton in Gordano, > the Avon River was called Hung Road in those days. > > the book is abt those who lived there, and what they were up to c1825 > gives names, birth and death dates etc > > The William de Karswell, was one of a group of men who were to serve >jury duty, they were late, > "did not come on the first day. Therefore all are in mercy" > > It doesnt say what fine the laggard jurors paid. > except that on arrival they were given a formidable list of questions, > to make a mistake was a crime, they had maybe a week to come up with >some answers. > >"... and no doubt even poor William de Kareswell(Caswell?) had a long >memory." > >a little further down ...in a listing where these jurors came from >" William de Karswell is almost certainly from Caswell Hill at Portbury" > > (Portbury is south-east of Woodhill) all down river from Bristol. > ------ > > also in the book, further along, it mentions 2 Wiltshire people > > they are Emmanuel Hollyman & Reuben Hollyman > they belong to the Society of Singers. (it lists the others) > > "The two musical Hollymans (basses) were tenants of Clapton Court at >the time. The two Wiltshireman seem to come a long way to sing. > They were singing Ken Hymns."