>From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Subject - Do we yet have proof of Thomas Disbrow's parents? This question can go to Steve Squires, or anyone else who might know or have ideas on the subject: Since James Disbrowe's (of Eltisley) will of 1614 does not mention a son Thomas (presumably because the will was written before said Thomas' birth ca1625) what other evidence do we have, if any, besides Mark Noble's book "... The Protectoral House of Cromwell...", to show that James of Eltisley did indeed have such a son named Thomas? I hesitate to be a skeptic, but it seems we are taking Noble at his word a bit too willingly here, without any other corroborative evidence (I've been watching too much Court TV lately!). Or am I wrong? Yes, there was a Thomas Disbrowe (or perhaps more than one?) in the area at about the right time, etc., but what proof do we have for his parentage? That seems to be what we're looking for here, in such places as these old wills, etc. If I'm forgetting or have overlooked some other piece of proof, please correct me. Steve, thanks for posting the old wills, or what you can decipher of them. I've seen some of this old English "script" and I know it can be nearly illegible to the "modern eye". I'm in accord (with a degree of skepticism, of course) with the links you're making between our Thomas of Fairfield and that Thomas who came over on the Crown Malligoe, the one who appeared in the Assize records, and that Thomas of the Eltisley/Cambridge area, which linkage I made some limited attempt to prove in my book. Keep up the great work you're doing. Mike