Listers, with regard to my question as to the 'Rougham' mentioned in the 1633 herald's visitation of London, as you will have gathered Joyce Nason came from Rowington, which fact is confirmed by her being named in her father's 1626 will, Thomas Nason of Kingswood in the parish of Rowington. I return to the subject merely to point it out as an example of what we already know - that 'official' sources can seldom be taken for granted. When Joyce's sons gave information to the heralds, they may have had only a hazy recollection of where their mother came from. But it could be that their mother actually pronounced 'Rowington' as 'Rowton' (I wonder if the older locals still do?) and her sons faithfully reported that. All that was left was for the heralds to take a stab at its spelling. Once again, thanks for the input. MN