Hi Bev: Many thanks - that seems pretty conclusive in my view, so I will continue to assume that East Alvington is in fact East Allington. Cheers Brian On 31 Dec 2013, at 20:35, B. Edmonds wrote: > Brian > > The PR's for Chivelstone have Allington mentioned a lot as either South Allington or Allington but no East Allington [ in the 10 yrs that I checked]. The page in Chivelstone for the years that cover 1642 burials is almost unreadable so they are no help.? > > But I did find her in East Allington buried as:-- > > Mrs Agnes LANGMEAD, widdow, was buried March 10th 1642 > > Seems a long time since her death to the Probate date in November, generally Probate takes no longer than 4-6 weeks in those days, sometimes even sooner. > > Regards > Bev > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Brian Randell" <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 2:01 AM > To: <devon@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Brian Randell" <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk>; "Joy Langdon" <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com>; "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> > Subject: Where is East Alvington? > >> Hi: >> >> I have been assuming that the East Alvington in the thread "Agnes LANGMEAD of East Alvington in the Countie of Devon1642" is in fact a reference to the parish East Allington. >> >> Now I wonder whether it is in fact the hamlet "Allington or Alvington, East, a hamlet in Chivelstone parish, Devonshire, 5 1/2 miles SE of Kingsbridge" - (Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5 - see http://ukga.org/england/Devon/towns/EastAlvington.html) >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian Randell >> >> >> On 30 Dec 2013, at 22:24, B. Edmonds wrote: >> >>> Thank you Joy, just what I wanted. Bev >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Joy Langdon" <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 7:56 AM >>> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [DEV] Agnes LANGMEAD of East Alvington in the Countie of >>> Devon1642 >>> >>>> Here it is Bev: >>>> http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/pdf/doc_16.pdf >>>> >>>> Joy >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> >>>> To: DEVON@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Monday, 30 December 2013, 21:36 >>>> Subject: [DEV] Agnes LANGMEAD of East Alvington in the Countie of Devon >>>> 1642 >>>> >>>> >>>> Morning all, >>>> >>>> Another problem for me this morning, I cannot find this under A2A, I do >>>> have a printout of the Will but I cannot find it transcribed on Genuki >>>> under >>>> East Allington or West Alvington. >>>> >>>> But it is recorded in the Wills Project on Genuki so I know it exists. I >>>> am >>>> not related, just found it when searching for other things in my files. >>>> >>>> >>>> National Archives >>>> Palaeography >>>> >>>> Transcript - Document 16 >>>> Records of Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Letters of Administration with >>>> will annexed for Agnes Langmead, dated 9 November 1642 >>>> Catalogue Ref: PROB 11/282 quire 525 >>>> >>>> It then transcribes the Will, for Agnes LANGMEAD of East Alvington in the >>>> Countie of Devon >>>> >>>> Hoping someone can find it again for me. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Bev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >>>> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >>>> and >>>> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >>>> List archive for Devon can be found at >>>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >>>> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >>>> and >>>> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >>>> List archive for Devon can be found at >>>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3658/6461 - Release Date: 12/30/13 >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >>> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >>> and >>> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >>> List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, >> NE1 7RU, UK >> EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 >> FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3658/6463 - Release Date: 12/31/13 >> -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell