I have been attempting a one-name study of this family. Sources consulted have included the Heraldic Visitations for the County, C.J.Robinson's book "A History of the Manors and mansions of Herefordshire, the Pudlestone parish register held at the Hereford record office, other registers from nearby parishes, Pateshall and related family Wills held at the PRO and in Hereford, (some of which I have summarised for GENUKI), the family record made by Jane Pateshall and transcribed by Milborough Ingram (in the H.R.O, reference A95), and an IPM for William Pateshall dated 34 Eliz. I have lodged a copy of my conclusions from the work done to date, including extracts from the sources, at the H.R.O. Numerous additions and amendments to Robinson's pedigree of the family are proposed. Herefordshire families related ancestrally to the Pateshalls include the Whittingtons of Pauntley and Notgrove in Gloucestershire, who spread to Herefordshire in the 16th century, the Danseys of Webton and Brinsop, the Tompkins of Monnington and Weobley, the Gomondes of Byford, the Colles of Hatfield, the Eynesfords and Milbornes of Tillington, the Woods of Collington and the Baskervilles of Eardisley. Their Herefordshire descendants included members of the families of Whittington, Duppa, Dale, Powell, Goodere, Nash and Stallard - not to mention the junior branch of Pateshall of Allensmore. It is possible, but not yet demonstrated, that the family of Pattishall (settled in Maine in the 17th century) is connected. If not, it would seem that the Pateshalls may now be extinct in the male line. I would be delighted to correspond with anybody who may have undertaken similar family research, and to hear from anyone who may be able to confirm my idea that the family may have originated from the old house still known as Patshall, just north-east of Leominster. Michael Miller