----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hoye" <davidhoye@xtra.co.nz> > In 1595 a gent of Heydon, Essex, sold to a gent in Hertford[shire], > possibly not too far distant. > I can't read the place name too well but it looks like Liewseppinge. > I'm confident about the latter half but not the first. Any ideas? > I think it relates either to a place in Epping - which is in Essex - and the Liews could have been a house or estate there, or, it's something in lieu of something to do with Epping. Colleen

Hello David, To add to what Colleen has said, I Googled for the "Liews" and it looks like a family surname. Now, using a smiodgin of lateral thinking, it is well known that houses, estates are named after/for the surname of an owner. So, are we/you looking for a family seat or suchlike for a family called LIEWS and in the Epping, Essex area? FWIW, LIEWS is an anagram of LEWIS. Also, the surname VAN LIEWS seems to be part of current America. VAN would suggest a Dutch surname as VON would a German name. Was not New York originally New Amsterdam? I am very tempted to say this is not a Boering subject, well I did! Would not have Epping Forest have been mighty biggerv than it now is? Phil At 23:33 27/10/2008, Colleen wrote: >I think it relates either to a place in Epping - which is in Essex - and the >Liews could have been a house or estate there, or, >it's something in lieu of something to do with Epping. > >Colleen Phil Warn ô¿ô Genealogists do it backwards Family Historians take all steps "The Warn family in Tetbury from 1722" <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/philwarn/FamHist1/index.htm>

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hoye" <davidhoye@xtra.co.nz> > > > In 1595 a gent of Heydon, Essex, sold to a gent in Hertford[shire], > possibly not too far distant. > I can't read the place name too well but it looks like Liewseppinge. >I'm confident about the latter half but not the first. Any ideas? > Wasn't there an estate called something like Lyes in Epping? Also, could this be a misreading of Gyles, which was an old Manor in Epping and has been spelled in various ways - though not, as far as I'm aware Liews. Lawrence will know. Where are you, Lawrence? :) Colleen > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1741 - Release Date: 23/10/2008 07:54

Hello there If you select Hertfordshire in the Gazetter on Old Maps uk site http://www.old-maps.co.uk/GAZPAGES/GazCounty.aspx you will find a couple of places in the county with Epping in the name. Best regards Heather Visit my Family Tree's at GOODWIN and GORDON http://heatherac.tribalpages.com CARBIS SPARROW ATTWOOLL http://carbissparrow.tribalpages.com JOLLIFFE MOULAND http://jolliffemouland.tribalpages.com/