Hello Duttons, cousins, et al.: I am really trying to work on my own family line here in the US, but as I have said before , I keep getting sidetracked. I just find medieval genealogy so much more interesting. Anyway, since Ormerod is the best source for the Dutton genealogy and his sources are rather difficult and the experts think that the Dutton pedigree should be updated with sources that people can check out today, I have started this task. I have been pointed toward the Deputy Keeper of the Public Record (DKR) by paul c reed. It is a legal record that contains: Inquisitions post mortem, other types of inquisitions, deeds, liveries, writs of dower, Recogniziance Rolls, Plea Rolls, etc. Some of the language (e.g., Latin, old English words) is difficult, but Walter Lundstein (a lawyer cousin on our list) has been helping me with the vocabulary. Renia, on the gen-med list has also been helpful. I still do not know what "mainprise" means. Below is a link to my work--it is not done yet; and thus, I have not made it available to the general public, but I thought you guys might be interested in it. It is exciting for me to see that I can find the people listed by all three of our major sources and that they are correct in the line of descent. There are a few discrepancies in a list of sons for Peter (XII) and Hugh, his brother. There is a son, Christopher, that I have not seen before anywhere!!! AND as you may notice, the father's of the wives were often not given. So, I have to track them down somewhere else. Also, the DKR starts in the 1300s--not 1066. Phyllis has also volunteered to help me by looking up sources at the LDS-FHL listed in the Sherborne book. I would really appreciate that, Phyllis, as the LDS is still a tangled web to me and I still can't find anything on there. http://genealogy.dutton.net/gen_perspect/Dutton_Pedigree.htm carole