Connie, thank you it is fascinating , I think the Petri is Peter, the lord of the manor, as other entries give this. As a very religious family, they would probably be extending help to travellers. this family has a famous martyr a few years after these births Aileen Nobody ever climbed a mountain by saying   'I can't' ________________________________ From: Connie <connie.sparrer@gmail.com> To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 18:29 Subject: Re: [DBY] Latin translation help please John Kirkland wrote: > "Not sure about Petri. Of stone doesn't seem to fir & it's a > capital- was there a St Peter's Church in Macclesfield?" > > Genuki says that St Peter, Prestbury was 'the ancient parish church > for the township of Macclesfield'. > > Never did Latin, to  my shame, but I did wonder if the references > to 'Petri Maclesfield' might be to the church. Hallo I wondered about the church also.  I dismissed it because St Peter's in Macclesfield looks more recent, more 19th century than 15th. Being born in a barn would make more sense if there was a hostel or similar attached to the church.  It's certainly old enough to have had accommodation of some description. I didn't do Latin either. Connie in London ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message