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's a reference to John SAGE, under BAILIFFS OF GLOUCESTER 1200–1483, on the following web page: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42321 Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com