Dear Roy, Many thanks for sending the references. I was given a reference from this site previously, the one concerning Henry and John Garnons, but it all makes fascinating reading. It is still a great puzzle to me.......the early Garnons and James families were interconnected over in the Trevine and surrounding areas, perhaps one of those was the original James who came to Pantsaison. Amongst my ancestors are Alice Rowland and her husband William Garnons......Alice was said to be of Pantsaison, Monington, in one record...I've found records of various Rowlands at Pantsaison in the 1600's so they were obviously in residence there prior to the James, but were they owners of just lessees? One of the Rowland girls married a William James......but from where???? There were several James families in the general area...to add to the confusion. I recently came across James of Pantsaison connections to other James families near Nevern. In a hurry to get ready for a couple of months in Queensland, I left the computer running overnight as it was compacting.......somehow it jammed and I lost a fantastic amount of stored information which does not seem to be recoverable. I've only been home again a couple of days, so haven't really had time to evaluate my losses, but I think the items I am referring to have disappeared. Re the item you are particularly interested in BD/RW/24...just because the two John James were involved in leasing arrangements, they were not necessarily related. Of course they might be....but as you can see from the other records John James had his fingers in a thousand pies and he certainly wasn't related to all of them. When time permits I'll have a further look at the James charts and see if I can find a John, or a Thomas, who might fit your search. Hope the Land Tax records bear some results. Regards. Bettye Kirkwood