Not really nitpicking, and hope this is taken in the spirit intended - If the Marquess rolled his Rs, surely he'd say Rrrrragley. Not sure what the correct term is for turning Rs into Ws, though it's quite a common phenomenon in English speakers. Gwyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Burgoyne" <bil.burgoyne@btinternet.com> To: "Jeff Butler" <pateena@iprimus.com.au>; <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] Looking for place Ragley > Ragley is close Alcester, Ragley Hall estate is the home of the Marques of > Hertford, the previous Marquees rolled his "R's" and pronounced his home > as > "Wagley". > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Butler" <pateena@iprimus.com.au> > To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:26 AM > Subject: [WAR] Looking for place Ragley > > >> Hello >> I can find a will dated 1659 Will of William Butler, Yeoman of Ragley, >> Warwickshire but I can not find Ragley ,hope someone can help >> Jeff >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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