Monthly Archives: October 2023

This article will differentiate between the English kinship groups to which Captain Thomas Harris (of Buckinghamshire), and Major William Harris (of Shropshire), belonged, and will show that the myth of the latter being the son of the former was the … Continue reading →

SHAWBURY MARKET HALL The following notice concerns a particular family of Kirby, of Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and, later, of Goochland, Virginia. It places them within the context of a group of families (kinship circle) that had intermarried over successive … Continue reading →

The Norman elite can be identified when the method by which they formed familial associations is understood – “Foedus inter consobinos heredes” – inheritance (and close tenurial association) passing down non-consanguineous lines of cousins. The following notes seek to correct … Continue reading →