Dave: Is/was there such a place as Exeter House? Exon = Exeter. Regards, John Moore "Probatum ... apud aedes Exonienses scituat' in le Strand in Comitatu' Middlesex..." > > That's "Proved ... at aedes Exonienses situated in the Strand in the > County of Middlesex..." > > But what's "aedes Exonienses " ?? > > Well, "aedes" is said to be a temple or a house, and an exonium (or > essonium) was in English law an excuse for non-appearance at a Court Baron. > While I love the idea of a Temple of Excuses, it doesn't seem to have much > to do with granting Probate, which has to be done at a court of some kind, > and in this case was at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. > > Where DID the PCC sit? I'd thought maybe at Lambeth, but was it in the > Strand, where the Law Courts are today? > > The tube station nearest to the Law Courts is called Temple Bar, which > presumably meant something long before the tube was invented. > I'm wondering whether "aedes Exonienses" was the nearest the scribes could > think of (in Latin) to "Temple Bar". > > But please does anyone actually KNOW ? > > DaveB > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >