Hi Angela, I'm not actualy interested in the Brayne family--- my interest is in corespondence received by a mayor named Brayne about two members of the STRANGE family. Thanks, though. ----- Original Message ----- From: Angela Allen [mailto:angela.allen72@btinternet.com] Sent: 2/9/2005 7:24:19 AM To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Records of Banbury mayors > Hi Heather, > I stand to be corrected on this, but I'm sure the BRAYNE family > get quite a mention in Alfred Beesley's 'A History of Banbury' - a > rare book to find these days - but ACDB have reproduced it onto > CD. > The Centre for Oxfordshire Studies were selling them at one point > > (A chap from Washington found one in a 2nd hand bookstore in BC > not long ago, complete with a hand written letter still inside the front > jacket, dated 1870 & from I.T. Brayne!) > > Robert Brayne is mentioned as a 'surgeon' also. > > Angela:>) > co list admin > > > > Subject: [BAN] Records of Banbury mayors > > > > In 1820 Banbury mayor Robert Brayne wrote a letter to the authorities in > London in response to an inquiry he had received about the character of one > of the town's inhhabitants. I have seen this letter in the PRO. I am > wondering if the letter of inquiry sent to the mayor would be likely to > survive in some archive of the mayors' corespondence--- does anyone have any > experience with this sort of thing? > > > > Thanks, > > Heather Olsen > > > ==== ENG-BANBURY-AREA Mailing List ==== > National Archives Catalogue Search > http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.asp > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >