I'm wondering if anyone knows whether there would be any old school records surviving from about 1780. I am grasping for anything at all that might help me identify the parents of William STENSON (Stinson) born about 1770 in Cole-Orton. Vern in lovely SW Ontario

Hi Vern Apart from the odd posh school there weren't any formal schools for the hoi polloi as such in that period Especially so in a back water like Coleorton If they were rich enough to have schooling they would either have a governess or tutor or be sent away to school somewhere like Rugby Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/08/2013 18:43, Vern Prescott wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone knows whether there would be any old school records > surviving from about 1780. I am grasping for anything at all that might > help me identify the parents of William STENSON (Stinson) born about 1770 > in Cole-Orton. > > Vern in lovely SW Ontario

Hi Vern, I've never come across school records going back that far. Sometimes there are Sunday School records that show who the parents of a child were, but again, those usually only go back to the early 19th century. Presumably you've had no luck finding a baptism ? What about wills ? Another possibility is if the family held their property by copyhold, which would mean that the son would have to go to the manor court to get the property transferred to him on the death of his parents. He would not automatically inherit it. I'm not sure whether it came under the de Lisle family or the Beaumonts. I think it's one or the other. I plan to take a look at the de Lisle manuscripts at the Record Office soon, so I'll keep a look out for Stensons/Stinsons. Best wishes, Mike Gould -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Vern Prescott Sent: 07 August 2013 18:43 To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] Old school records I'm wondering if anyone knows whether there would be any old school records surviving from about 1780. I am grasping for anything at all that might help me identify the parents of William STENSON (Stinson) born about 1770 in Cole-Orton. Vern in lovely SW Ontario ------------------------------- 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