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

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 >

Ragley Hall is south-west of Alcester and the home of the Marquess & Marchioness of Hertford in the parish of Arrow. I don't know of an actual place called Ragley. Mike Birmingham, UK ----- Original Message ----- 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

Hello Jeff, One clue here would be the Court that granted the Probate - unless, of course it was the Proraogative Court of Canterbury - in which case you're stuck. But if it was by a Diocesan Court, then at least you'd know which part of the County was involved. Ratley (the Ecclesiastical name of Ratley & Upton) Parish was in Lichfield Diocese. But overall I'd suggest that he was probably from - er - Ragley, in Worcester Diocese... In the southern part of Arrow Parish (a little to the South of Alcester), and almost on the border of Worcestershire. HTH Gus ----- 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

Could it be a transcription error for Ratley in the far SE of Warwickshire? On 08/07/2007, at 1:26 PM, Jeff Butler wrote: > 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 >