Costain is not the author of the Caedfel series. He wrote the books tracing the history of England from the conquest to the last Plantagenets. Roy -----Original Message----- From: GTPace [mailto:gordpace@eagle.ca] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:31 AM To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE-L] Brother Cadfael's Chronicles Brother Cadfael's Chronicles - Go to - http://user.chollian.net/~beringar/e-cad.htm 14. The Hermit of Eyton Forest Costain probably takes the name EYTON from Shropshire's EYTON upon the WEALD MOORS, a place no more than 4 or 5 miles north of WELLINGTON & WROCKWARDINE, today's city of TELFORD, Shropshire, area of 7X great grandparents JOSEPH PACE & MARGARET PALMER The year is 1142, and all England is in the iron grip of a civil war. And within the sheltered cloisters of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, there begins a chain of events no less momentous than the political upheavals of the outside world. First, there is the sad demise of Richard Ludel, Lord of Eaton, whose ten-year-old son and heir, also named Richard, is a pupil at the Abbey. Supported by Abbot Radulfus, the boy refuses to surrender his new powers to Dionysia, his furious, formidable grandmother. A stranger to the region is the hermit Cuthred, who enjoys the protection of Lady Dionysia, and whose young companion, Hyacinth, befriends Richard. Despite his reputation for holiness, Cuthred's arrival heralds a series of mishaps for the monks. When Richard disappears and a corpse is found in Eyton forest, Brother Cadfael is once more forced to leave the tranquillity of his herb garden and devote his knowledge of human nature to tracking down a ruthless murderer. Nearby Parishes, outside TELFORD: Eyton Upon The Weald Moors: home of the Eyton family, who once owned Dawley Bank. Drained marshland has now become arable farmland. http://www.telford.gov.uk/FreeTime/LocalHistory/ParishesOutsideTelford.htm Ercall Magna: Where Joseph Pace married Margaret Palmer in 1653 High Ercall (pronounced Arckle) was important during the Civil War. It has grown recently. Rodington: birthplace of Joseph & Margaret Pace's first child #1 ANNE PACE - Chr 02 NOV 1655 RODINGTON, Shropshire - Father: JOSEH PACE the River Roden gives this place its name. #2 JOHN PACE - Chr 22 Sep 1665 WROCKWARDINE, Shropshire - Father JOSEPH PACE - Mother MARGARET - P006621 #3 GEORGE PACE - Chr 28 May 1670 PREES, Shropshire - Father: JOSEPH PACE GTPace - Ontario Canada When I was a kid, I'd buy Classic Comic books. Some were of Thomas B Costain books. Thomas B Costain 1885-1965 Canada's Sir Walter Scott birthplace Brantford Ontario http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume6/74-75.htm The name of Thomas B. Costain, the Brantford, Ontario-born former editor of Maclean's, Saturday Evening Post, and advisory editor to Doubleday, was a byword in the world of letters earlier this century,.... Brantford, Ontario also birthplace of Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone 1st line from Brantford to Paris, Ontario ==== PACE Mailing List ==== To subscribe or unsubscribe send email to PACE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the one word message: subscribe OR unsubscribe For digest mode, use PACE-D-request@rootsweb.com