Monthly Archives: March 2019

The ancestry of the ‘Walter son of Gilbert’ who was given the forfeited lands of John Comyn in 1326 by Robert Brus can only be seen through the perspective of a ‘game of thrones’, in which Robert was securing the … Continue reading →

The fundamental fact about the Walter FitzGilbert who was given land in Scotland by Robert de Brus is that he was necessarily of a knightly class who were equipped by military training and a network of kin who could be … Continue reading →

Boiled down for simplicity: It would be a remarkable occurrence by the kinship system operating at the time if Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton was not a son of Gilbert de Colville, shown in the Writs of Military Service of 1292 … Continue reading →

In searching for Henry Pennington of Virginia, it may be prudent to concentrate on the ‘main trunk’ of this family rather than its outlying ‘yeoman’ branches, which, by deduction, was likely to have stemmed from a younger brother of William … Continue reading →

A record of the ‘Demesne lands of Alderley’, made in 1666, gave a historical account of ownership: ‘copy will of Robt. Poyntz, of Alderley (1520), and of his inquisition post mortem (1521); original and copy wills of Matt. Poyntz esq., … Continue reading →

1. Francis Derrick Sr., of Long Ashton, Somerset, d. 1637 – granted to Humphrey Hooke and others, parishioners of St Stephen’s, a yearly rent of 52s out of his tenement there – part owner in 1629 (with John Goninge and … Continue reading →