The Gloucester Journal listed those who had purchased Game Certificates in the nineteenth century. The list for September 22nd 1823 included the name of Isaac ISAAC, whose daughter, Ann, married Henry Matthew HESKINS. The charge to Isaac ISAAC, of Wickwar, was £3-13s-6d. The list includes the names of landed gentry, people with a position in society and large scale farmers. Amongst those also listed are Robert KINGSCOTE of Kingscote and Rev Anthony KECK, vicar of Horsley. As far as I can establish Isaac ISAAC had a moderately sized farm. His name does not appear in earlier or later Game Certificate lists. Maybe there was some type of game that was causing a problem on his farm for which he needed a licence. The Gloucester Journal also has a list of gamekeepers, such as John LOVEGROVE, for Edward SHEPPARD Esq, Mincinhampton and Avening [an owner of a considerable amount of property]. The lists were published in the late summer and early autumn of each year. Is anyone aware of the significance of a Game Certificate? Cheers, Janet Heskins

JANETHESKI@aol.com wrote: > Is anyone aware of the significance of a Game Certificate? My understanding is they were licences which allowed gamekeepers and others to legally take game, just as today fishermen have to have certain type of licence to catch specific categories of fish. I believe game permits/licences are still required today. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

On Devon Genuki there is a huge List of Game Licences for the whole of Devon. There are 38,000 names from 1800-1859. http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonMisc/GameLists/index.html Bev Edmonds