Don Thanx for this. Looks like George Valentine KNIBB 1780 -1817, Solicitor of Tring. Anyway he was born at Newport Pagnell but possibly brother Josiah who I've not traced into adulthood. bfn Alan > from The Northampton Mercury > > Saturday, April 30th, 1796 > > To be SOLD by AUCTION, > By Mr.KNIBB, > > At the Swan Inn, at Newport-Pagnell, between the Hours of Four an Six in the > Afternoon of Wednesday the 4th of May, 1796.