Thank you Mary for your good suggestion of checking memorial at Carisbrooke Castle. I have contacted Susan Higginbotham, who erected the memorial you mention. It is a memorial to Edward Woodville. However Susan had not looked for a list of the men who fell with Woodville in 1488 and does not know if one exists. If a list exists, it would be extremely useful. A preponderance of local names would indicate that the men were indeed from the island. It is very difficult to trace genealogies in this period, which predates the church registers. Also the Lay subsidies did not name individuals until 1522. There are few surviving wills from back then. We are left dependent on our ancestors being involved in land transfers or as witnesses or being mentioned somewhere else in manorial records or close rolls. If anyone else has any ideas on where a list of 1488 men might be found (perhaps in Brittany?), I would love to hear. Regards, George Legge (Melbourne)

There is a medieval soldier website www.medievalsoldier.org but it covers the period 1369 - 1453 so stops too early for you George.  Fascinating stuff though!  The website is the result of work by the University of Southampton and University of Reading.  Maybe it is worth contacting Southampton Uni to see if they can advise on the possible location of any records? Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: george legge <gandmlegge@gmail.com> To: marysilk <marysilk66@btinternet.com>; ISLE-OF-WIGHT@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 7 November, 2009 1:20:07 Subject: Re: [IoW] Heavy loss of IW men in 1488 Thank you Mary for your good suggestion of checking memorial at Carisbrooke Castle. I have contacted Susan Higginbotham, who erected the memorial you mention. It is a memorial to Edward Woodville. However Susan had not looked for a list of the men who fell with Woodville in 1488 and does not know if one exists. If a list exists, it would be extremely useful. A preponderance of local names would indicate that the men were indeed from the island. It is very difficult to trace genealogies in this period, which predates the church registers. Also the Lay subsidies did not name individuals until 1522. There are few surviving wills from back then. We are left dependent on our ancestors being involved in land transfers or as witnesses or being mentioned somewhere else in manorial records or close rolls. If anyone else has any ideas on where a list of 1488 men might be found (perhaps in Brittany?), I would love to hear. Regards, George Legge (Melbourne) ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Joy, for directing me to the database of medieval soldiers. It is indeed a useful site. As you say, it does not cover my period of interest; however I have contacted the site, and will let you know if I get anywhere. Cheers, George On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Joy Langdon <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com>wrote: > There is a medieval soldier website www.medievalsoldier.org but it covers > the period 1369 - 1453 so stops too early for you George. Fascinating stuff > though! The website is the result of work by the University of Southampton > and University of Reading. Maybe it is worth contacting Southampton Uni to > see if they can advise on the possible location of any records? >