Hi Lynne, Thanks for the interest shown in my enquiry; quite a few 'listers' have been kind enough to offer me words of wisdom and I am once again delighted by the erudition of the Warwick list! To answer your question, yes the Sheldon family is indeed the family that was based in and around Brailes. If you go on the A2A website I am sure you will find the reference to the papers in question - I was then able to click on that entry and found the index of all the papers in the collection quite a large selection of documents held in Birmingham that date from the early 15th century Manorial Rolls right through to the eighteenth century. I have certainly seen lots of references to the Edden name in searching for my ancestors (COCKBILL / COGBYLL and variants ). I have used the village web-site and had quite a lengthy correspondence with one old local historian. My family moved form the area in the first quarter of the eighteenth century though the family did continue to live there until the mid 19th. I have m,anaged to trace them back in Brailes to the early 1500s and have also found records of the name in documents as early as 1279 so I am trying to discover references to them in the 1400s (using manorial rolls) to see if there was unbroken occupation by the family right through - I gather that it would be quite a remarkable fact! Once again, many thanks for the interest shown, Good hunting Steve

Dear Steve Is it just COCKBILL/COGBYLL and variants you are researching in Brailes? I ask because I now have a very large data base of surnames and PR's.  I haven't any COCKBILL's in my direct line, but I have seen the surname crop up time after time on Census information for Brailes, together with other surnames eg. HOAR/MATTHEWS/GARDNER etc. etc.  There seem to be many old families right back to the 1500s in the village. To my great surprise, one lady on the Brailes Village website has told me there is a barn on a friend of her's property in Brailes called EDDEN barn! In the middle ages, Brailes wasn't just a village, it was granted charter status quite early on, and a very important trade point.  I think you are quite right, manorial records could hold some valuable information for our research.  I am quite willing to share any research fees for ordering documents and Latin translation etc.  if you would like me to do so, please email me off list. Kind regardsLynne ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:01:17 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WAR] Advice wanted on access to documents > > Hi Lynne, > > Thanks for the interest shown in my enquiry; quite a few 'listers' have > been kind enough to offer me words of wisdom and I am once again delighted by > the erudition of the Warwick list! > > To answer your question, yes the Sheldon family is indeed the family that > was based in and around Brailes. If you go on the A2A website I am sure you > will find the reference to the papers in question - I was then able to > click on that entry and found the index of all the papers in the collection > quite a large selection of documents held in Birmingham that date from the > early 15th century Manorial Rolls right through to the eighteenth century. I > have certainly seen lots of references to the Edden name in searching for > my ancestors (COCKBILL / COGBYLL and variants ). I have used the village > web-site and had quite a lengthy correspondence with one old local historian. > My family moved form the area in the first quarter of the eighteenth > century though the family did continue to live there until the mid 19th. I have > m,anaged to trace them back in Brailes to the early 1500s and have also > found records of the name in documents as early as 1279 so I am trying to > discover references to them in the 1400s (using manorial rolls) to see if there > was unbroken occupation by the family right through - I gather that it > would be quite a remarkable fact! > > Once again, many thanks for the interest shown, Good hunting > > > Steve > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969