On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:49:38 +0100, Ian Sage <ian.sage@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > My SAGE ancestors can be traced with certainty to mid-18th century > Yatton, Somerset, then disappear in a haze. > However, the earliest reference I have to the name is in 1277, when John > SAGE granted 100 solidates of land at "Brickhampton" (Brockhampton?) > Gloucs to the recently founded Hailes Abbey. > Is anyone aware of other records relating to the SAGE name at early > dates? Hi Ian, There are 13th-and-14th-century references to John SAGE in the time of King Edward I and King Edward II in 'Rental of all the houses in Gloucester, 1455, from a roll in the possession of the corporation of Gloucester': http://www.archive.org/stream/rentalofallhouse00glouuoft/rentalofallhouse00glouuoft_djvu.txt Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com