Sandra Wills proved locally (in your case at Leicester) will not be held at National Archives but at county Record Offices. You should still therefore contact the Record Office at Leicester, as previously suggested. They are extremely helpful and, if they have a matching will, they will be able to supply a copy to anywhere in the world for a modest fee plus postage charges. Regards John Ward. -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of leicestershire-plus-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 29 October 2007 07:19 To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 334 Today's Topics: 1. 1901 census Little Bowden SAVELLE (Anndriscoll@aol.com) 2. Re: 1901 census Little Bowden SAVELLE (Bruce Smith) 3. HURST surname (Michelle Rowe) 4. Re: Market Bosworth Burials (Sandra Lewis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:05:48 EDT From: Anndriscoll@aol.com Subject: [LEI] 1901 census Little Bowden SAVELLE To: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <be8.21d84340.34561b6c@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi,list, I have just discovered a possible ncestor on the 1901living in Little Bowden, His name was Alfred SAVELLE aged 56, There is also an Albert nT Savelle in Little Bowden, possibly Albert snr's son. These are the only 2 I have found anywhere with the exact spelling I am looking for. Please would SKS be kind enough to send the image or transcription? Many thanks Ann ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:25:36 -0400 From: "Bruce Smith" <brucesmith@cox.net> Subject: Re: [LEI] 1901 census Little Bowden SAVELLE To: <Anndriscoll@aol.com>, <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001c81987$8ddb2d90$6801a8c0@lifebook> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Sent off list -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anndriscoll@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 1:06 PM To: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] 1901 census Little Bowden SAVELLE Hi,list, I have just discovered a possible ncestor on the 1901living in Little Bowden, His name was Alfred SAVELLE aged 56, There is also an Albert nT Savelle in Little Bowden, possibly Albert snr's son. These are the only 2 I have found anywhere with the exact spelling I am looking for. Please would SKS be kind enough to send the image or transcription? Many thanks Ann ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1096 - Release Date: 10/27/2007 11:02 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1096 - Release Date: 10/27/2007 11:02 AM ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:34:01 +1300 From: "Michelle Rowe" <pekali@xtra.co.nz> Subject: [LEI] HURST surname To: <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000e01c819c3$67a590c0$fc5b36d2@p426> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have just acquired a new ancestor- yippee. Elizabeth HURST daughter of John HURST victualler and his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth junior was baptised 16 May 1786 St Marys Leicester. Any HURST researchers recognise this family? Michelle ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:49:38 +1000 From: "Sandra Lewis" <slewi4@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: [LEI] Market Bosworth Burials To: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <200710290049.l9T0nbVq021873@mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks to all who replied. I have searched the national archives and found that neither of them left a will. As I don't live in the UK, my next step is to order the films from the LDS and hope that I find some useful information there. Sandra ------------------------------ To contact the LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS list administrator, send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS mailing list, send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 334 ***************************************************

Many Noble descendants for many years have searched for their immigrant ancestor Thomas Noble's parents in England. Below is a description of some of my research. I would be truly grateful if anyone who is interested in the Noble name and family who may be able to provide me with more info would e-mail me. I feel that Leicestershire may hold some answers. Thank you. Ted Noble Gualala Ca In 1991-92, I engaged the services of a professional British genealogist, Ian Hilder, B.A. (Hons.) to research the English origin of Thomas Noble. He did an outstanding job of investigating all pertinent genealogical records to find a likely ancestral tie-in. While nothing conclusive was ever found, his work did turn up some very interesting leads. In the wills of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC Wills), Hilder located one for a London (St. Giles, Cripplegate) pin maker named Thomas Noble. The pin makers were found to be members of the Merchant Tailors Guild. The will was proved in 1649/50 and named a son, Thomas, to receive an inheritance at age 21. Research in the parish records of St. Giles, Cripplegate, revealed that this Thomas, son of the pin maker, was born in 1635-36, making him 14 or 15 years old at the time of his father's death. He would have had, in the judgement of Mr. Hilder, considerable knowledge of the tailoring trade and likely would have begun an apprenticeship in that trade. In the card files of the Society of Genealogists, London, Mr. Hilder located a record of research by a noted British genealogist named Cotton for a Utah woman in 1963, that settled on Thomas Noble, the pin maker, as a likely choice for the father of our Massachusetts Thomas Noble. Efforts to locate this woman by correspondence at the address given in 1963, failed. If Thomas Noble, son of the London pin maker, were indeed our Thomas Noble of Springfield/Westfield, he would have been only 17 years old upon his arrival in Boston in 1651/52. However, he would have been just 21 years old in 1656, the date of the entry in the John Pynchon Account Book that mentions Thomas' return to England. That was the date for the pin maker's son, Thomas, to claim his inheritance from the Executor of his father's estate. The will of Thomas Noble, the pin maker, mentioned a brother, Richard, of Owston, Leicestershire. If a will for this Richard could be found, it might possibly mention a nephew, Thomas, in New England. This was made a future research goal. During a recent visit to the LDS library in SAlt Lake, I pursued this lead with the results given below: Mr. Hilder, in his research efforts during the time he worked for me, reported that he had searched the International Genealogical Index for Leicestershire and found only one possibility for brothers named Thomas and Richard: 1587, Jan 16, Thomas, son of John Noble 1593, Sep 12, Richard, son of John Noble. Both of Gainsborough Parish. However, I found upon examination of the same IGI for the pertinent time period that Gainsborough Parish was situated in Lincolnshire, not Leicestershire. This was not discouraging, for adjoining Gainsborough was an Owston Parish, same spelling as the Leicester Owston. Calendars of Wills and Administrations at Lincoln, ed, E. W. Foster, Vol. 4., London British Record Society, 1930, p. 124, listed wills for John Noble, Mercer, Gainsborough, 1611, and for Richard Noble, Merchant, Barcroftes, Gainsborough, 1640-59. A search in the microfilm indexes in the British record section at LDS, led to the will of John, but not Richard. The will of Richard obviously exists, but it will require time to patiently go through microfilm. I received help in extracting the pertinent details of John Noble's will. Richard was the executor of the will. John left a substantial inheritance to his son Thomas provided Thomas continue in his father's trade, whatever that may have been. There were six sons and three daughters mentioned in JOhn's will. There is nothing in the will to either prove or disprove that Thomas became the London pin maker. Among the Gainsborough, Lincoln, wills, there is also a will for Ann Noble, wife of John, which was proved in 1660-1663. This will, like that of Richard needs to be searched out and read for any confirmation of her son's status or the possibility of a reference to her grandson Thomas in New England.