Hi Listers, I found this on another list. Any help for Matt? Joe >From: mlltompkins@aol.com >Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:25:09 -0600 > >Source: ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ENG-Buck] Francis Piggott of Beaconsfield, executed bef 1623 > > >I wonder if anyone knows anything about a Francis Piggott of >Beaconsfield who was executed for felony some time prior to >1623? Who he was, or why he was executed? > >The only thing I know about him, from the PRO calendar summaries of >a couple of Exchequer records, is that in 1622-4 the crown was >investigating debts due to "Francis Piggott, attainted" and "Francis >Piggott, of Beaconsfield, executed for felony". (In those days one >of the consequences of being executed for a felony was "attainder", >which among other things meant that certain categories of your >property were forfeited to the crown - so it seems the crown was >trying to track down assets of Piggott's that could be confiscated). > > >From his associates he was probably a gentleman, but I'm fairly > sure he wasn't related to the Piggotts of Little Horwood, Whaddon, > Doddershall etc (that family did include a number of Francises, but > none seems to fit the bill). I'd be grateful for anything anyone > can tell me about him. > >Matt Tompkins Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT/CUMMISKEY List Administrator/Rootsweb I use America's Book CDs in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.abcd-usa.com/ I support the Godfrey Memorial Library. http://www.godfrey.org/