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Are there letters/diaries of Capt William Preston RN, d.1851.

Does anyone know of bigraphical material, letters/diaries of William Preston, onetime owner of Borde Hill, Sussex, who married Hamilla Mary Mangles in 1833

Jan 27, 2012 02:48:04   kevinprestwood   Replies: 0 Closes in 25 days

16th Century Legislation

I am currently writing a dissertation and am in need of a large amount of legislation dating from 1509 - 1601. I have all the abbreviated listings of the acts that I want to search through, but cant seem to find them anywhere. If anyone could point...

Jan 23, 2012 13:14:11   SallyButler   Replies: 1 Closes in 19 days

Letters by John, Duke of Bedford

I wonder whether there are any letters by John about Joan of Arc and his sister, Philippa, queen of Denmark

Jan 17, 2012 08:47:50   Martinus   Replies: 0 Closes in 19 days

Medieval harvesting

I know that in most areas of England that strip cultivating occured; the peasants had strips spread around the fields and assisted each other in sowing and reaping...

Jan 5, 2012 21:57:36   gedkav   Replies: 0 Closes in 2 days

Liveries

I am trying to discover the meaning of the S's which make up the Lancastrian livery collar widely given to retainers of Henry IV and Henry V - my enquiries to both the Duchy of Lancaster and the College of Arms have produced no definitive...

Dec 9, 2011 12:57:32   Jan1   Replies: 2 Closes in 1 days

History of Jacob's Island, Bermondsey

Where would I be able to research the origin of the name of Jacob's Island?

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