The Fordhams were prosperous yeomen of the area leaving many wills - see will at N.A. of Elizabeth Fordham of Therfield, 19 March 1849. Also Wills at SEAX.   How old is your newspaper? a2a has a conveyance of 2 February 1278. Attorney Andrew de Fordham recorded that Stephen Blakeloke paid Moses de Doggestrete the Jew 24 marks by way of a mortgage.    They would have got Andrew Fordham's bill!! --- On Thu, 13/5/10, Elaine Saunders <Elaine_Saunders@completetext.com> wrote: From: Elaine Saunders <Elaine_Saunders@completetext.com> Subject: [HRT] Therfield area To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 4:33 AM Whilst reading a very old but undated paper for Therfield I came across the following phrase "going to asshick hall with Andrew Ffordhams bill" Does anyone know of any Asshick Hall in the Royston/Buntingford/ Therfield area please?  Or indeed, the Ffordham family? Have also discovered that John GROOM was the constable of Therfield in the first two decades of the 1800s and the post was then taken over by Thomas Lacey - I think they were a local farming family. William MANNING and B PRESTON took over in the 1830s Notable arrests during the first half of the century were:- Probert Hunt and Turtle, which apparently resulted in quite a famous case Samuel Jeff? James Warren Edward Retcher? on more than one occasion. Anyone wanting more details, please contact me off list. On the other hand, if you're studying Therfield, I'd love to hear from you. Elaine Hertfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message