Haggard at West Bradenham

These newspaper cuttings have been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG. They are undated apart from handwritten dates, and none of the newspapers is named.

They are in a transcription of a few of the entries from the West Bradenham registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. The reference given in the Family History Library Catalogue is Parish register extracts, 1538-1899. Church of England. Parish Church of West Bradenham. In Parish register extracts, Norfolk Co. -- p. 26-29.

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1876 August 9
On the 9th inst., at West Bradenham, MAXIMILIAN RICHARD WESTERN, Esq., youngest son of the late Edward Western, Esq., of Harley-street, London, to ELIZABETH CECILIA, second daughter of WILLIAM HAGGARD, Esq., of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk.

Undated
DEATHS.
On the 9th Dec., at Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, ELLA, the beloved wife of WILLIAM HAGGARD, and elder daughter of the late Bazett Doveton, Bombay Civil Service, aged 70. Friends will kindly accept this announcement.

Undated
The death is announced, at the age of 70 years, on the 9th inst., of Ella, wife of Mr. William Haggard, J.P., D.L., of Bradenham-hall, Norfolk, and daughter of Mr. Bazett Doneton [sic], late of the Bombay Civil Service, and mother of Mr. Rider Haggard, the well-known writer. Mrs. Haggard was the authoress of several poetical works, of which the best known are "Myra," a poem descriptive of the first Afghan war, and "Life and its Author," an essay in verse directed against the march of materialism. Mrs. Haggard was also a gifted musician.

1893 April 21
HAGGARD. - On the 21st inst., at Bradenham-hall, Thetford, William Meybohm Rider Haggard, J.P., for many years Senior Chairman of the Adjourned Norfolk Quarter Sessions at Swaffham and King's Lynn, aged 76.

1893 April 26
Buried W. Bradenham [Handwritten note]

Undated
WILLIAM MEYBOHM RIDER HAGGARD decd. - Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23d Vic. cap. 35 - The CREDITORS and others who have claims against the estate of WILLIAM MEYBOHM RIDER HAGGARD late of Bradenham Hall in the County of Norfolk J.P. D.L. Barrister at law (who died on the 21st day of April 1893 and whose Will has been duly proved by Henry Rider Haggard and Edward Arthur Haggard two of the Executors therein named) are, on or before the 19th day of August next to send particulars of their debts or claims to us, the undersigned, after which day the Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice.
     Dated this 10th day of July 1893
     YOUNG JONES & Co. 2 St. Mildreds Court Poultry London E.C.
     Solicitors for the Executors.

1886 January
On the 28th inst., at St. Andrew's Church, Fulham, by the Rev. Edward Barber, Rector of Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, uncle of the bride, LIEUTENANT JOHN GEORGE HAGGARD, R.N., H.B.M. Consul for Madagascar, fourth son of William Haggard, Esq., of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, to AGNES MARION, eldest daughter of the late FAIRLESS BARBER, Esq., of Rastrick, Yorkshire.

1899
HAGGARD. - On the 13th May, at Parkstone, Dorset, BAZETT MICHAEL HAGGARD, Barrister-at-law, late H.B.M.'s Land Commissioner to Samoa, aged 51.

Undated
OBITUARY.
Mr. BAZETT MICHAEL HAGGARD died on the 13th inst. at Parkstone, Dorset, aged 51. The second son of the late Mr. W.M.R. Haggard, of Bradenham-hall, Norfolk, he was the brother of Mr. Rider Haggard, Mr. W.H.D. Haggard, and Lieutenant-Colonel A.C.P. Haggard, D.S.O. He was educated at Winchester and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took his degree in 1869. Two years later he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn and went [sic] the Norfolk and afterwards the South-Eastern Circuit. In 1885 he was appointed a revising barrister. From July, 1890, to March, 1895, he was British member of the Samoan Land Commission under the Samoan Treaty of June 14, 1889. Mr Haggard married in 1872 Julia, eldest daughter of Mr. George Barker, of Shipdham-hall, Norfolk.

1900
LOFTHOUSE : HAGGARD. - On the 28th Aug., at St. Saviour's, Walton-street, Chelsea, by the Revd. Henry Dyke Acland, M.A., Rector of Luccombe, Devon, cousin of the bride, assisted by the Revd. Henry Wace, D.D., Chaplain to the Inns of Courts R.V., S.H.S. LOFTHOUSE, of Lincoln's-inn, Barrister-at-law, to JULIA DIANA, widow of the late BAZETT MICHAEL HAGGARD, and elder daughter of the late George Barker, of Shipdham, Norfolk.

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Sondes at North Elmham

These newspaper cuttings have been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG. They are undated apart from handwritten dates, and none of the newspapers is named.

Most cuttings are about Lord and Lady Sondes. Knatchbull was the name of the vicar and was Lady Sondes' maiden name, and McMicking the name of the occupier of North Elmham hall in the 1880s.

They are in a transcription (marked NNAS, which is the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society) of the North Elmham registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for 1558-1700.

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1874. Dec^r
DEATHS.
On the 17th inst., at Elmham Hall, Norfolk, after a short illness, the Right Hon. Lord SONDES, in his 81st year.

Undated
THE LATE LORD SONDES. - We mentioned in the briefest manner yesterday the death of Lord Sondes. The deceased Peer, George John Milles, fourth Lord Sondes, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was the eldest surviving son of Lewis Thomas, second Lord, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. Richard Milles of Elmham-hall, Norfolk, whose name he assumed in lieu of his patronymic, Watson. He was born in the year 1794, and was educated at Eton. He succeeded to the title at his brother's death in 1836. His Lordship took an active interest in agricultural pursuits and gained great distinction in sheep breeding. He was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Norfolk, and High Steward of Great Yarmouth, and was a stanch [sic] Conservative in politics. He was also chairman of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. His Lordship married in 1823, Eleanor, daughter of the late Sir Edward Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch, Kent, by whom he has had a family of seven children, five daughters and two sons. His only surviving son, The Hon. George Watson Milles, M.P. for the Eastern Division of Kent, who now succeeds as fifth Lord Sondes, was born in 1824, and married in 1859, Charlotte, daughter of Sir Henry Josias Stracey, of Rackheath-hall, Norfolk. He was formerly a captain in the Royal Horse Guard, and holds the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the East Kent Yeomanry Cavalry.

Undated
WILLS AND BEQUESTS. - The will and codicil, dated August 12, 1850, and June 11, 1859, of the Right Hon. George John, Baron Sondes, late of Lees Court, Kent, and of 32, Grosvenor-square, who died on the 17th of December last, at Elmham-hall, Norfolk, were proved on the 18th ult. by his widow and eldest son, the surviving executors, the personal estate being sworn under £80,000. The testator gives to his son the Hon. Lewis Watson Milles the land-tax of the parish of Great Gidding, Huntingdonshire, an annuity of £200 charged on his real estate, and a pecuniary legacy of £500; to each of his five other younger children he also gives legacies of £500; and to his widow, Lady Eleanor Sondes, he leases his leasehold house, No. 32, Grosvenor-square, with the residue of his personal estate. All his real estate he devises to his son, the Rev. George Watson Milles, now Lord Sondes. The remaining part of a sum of £20,000, which he has power to appoint under the will of his father, he appoints by the codicil to such of his younger children as have not had their share. The will, with one codicil, dated [extract ends]

1896.
On Thursday, the 31st Aug., at Campsea Ashe, the Rev. HENRY E. KNATCHBULL, Rector of that parish, and eldest surviving son of Sir Edward and Dame Mary Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch, aged 69.

1883.
DEATHS.
On the 30th ult., very suddenly, at Buckenham Hall, Norfolk, LADY SONDES.

Bur. 1888 28. Augt.
On Friday, the 24th Aug., at Elmham Hall, Norfolk, HELEN, wife of GILBERT McMICKING, of Miltonise, Wigtownshire, and 42 Prince's-gardens, London, in her 65th year.

Bur. 1890 26 April
McMICKING. - April 23, at 42, Prince's-gardens, Gilbert McMicking of Miltonise, Wigtownshire, N.B., aged 67.

1894 10 Sep
SONDES. - On the 10th inst., at Lees Court, Kent, GEORGE WATSON, First EARL SONDES, aged 69.

Undated
THE WEST NORFOLK FOXHOUNDS will NOT MEET till after Wednesday, in consequence of the death of Lord Sondes.

Undated
Sudden Death of The Dowager Lady Sondes.
On Tuesday evening last, the Dowager Lady Sondes, who has for some time past been residing at Buckenham, one of the county seats of W.A.T. Amherst, Esq., M.P., while at dinner, complained of feeling ill, was seized with faintness, and almost instantly fell back in her chair. A messenger was immediately sent off to Watton for Dr. Alexander, and to Northwold for Dr. Joy, but before either of them could reach the Hall the esteemed lady was dead. She had that day lunched with Mrs. Lyne-Stephens and party, at Lynford Hall, and appeared in excellent health. Heart disease was the cause of death. The deceased lady will be greatly lamented, especially by those who were objects of her kindness during the many years she lived at Elmham Hall. She was a daughter of the late Sir Edward Knatchbull, and she married in 1823, the fourth Baron Sondes, who died in 1874.

Undated
NORTH ELMHAM.
THE INTERMENT OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY. - On Saturday last the large church bell was tolled from twelve to one, and a muffled peal was rung at intervals during the evening in loving memory of the departed Prince.

MONUMENT TO THE LATE LADY SONDES. - A very handsome sarcophagus - a fac-simile of that erected to the memory of the late Lord Sondes - was during last week placed side-by-side with it, to commemorate the demise of his wife, Lady Sondes. The base is a "York-landing," supported on brick piers; the plinth is formed of Dartmouth granite, and the ledger, or covering slab, is constructed of polished Irish granite, presenting two sloping tablets, on one side of which the arms of the family are engraved and gilded, and the other, next the church, contains the following inscription:- "Sacred to the memory of Eleanor, fifth daughter of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., wife of George John, fourth Baron Sondes, born July 20th, 1804, died October 30th, 1883."

August 1890. [written underneath]
DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. TOWNSHEND GOULBURN. - Several noble families have been placed in mourning by the death, in her 60th year, of this lady, who was sister of Earl Sondes, as well as [as] of the Countess of Courtown and the Dowager Baroness de Ramsey. The deceased lady was the daughter of George John, fourth Baron Sondes, and her mother was Eleanor, fifth daughter of the late Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. She was born on October 5th, 1830, and was married on March 1st, 1859, to Mr Frederick Goulburn, C.B., for some years Chairman of the Board of Customs, youngest son of the late Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, M.P., twice Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Hon. Mrs Goulburn was left a widow on May 10th, 1878.

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List of Names from "Three Generations"

Based on letters of the Astley family during the Civil War, by R.W. Ketton-Cremer. With additional material on the Astleys and Melton Constable by David Yaxley. [ISBN 0948400188, The Larks Press, November 1992]

Copyright Three Generations, the Royal Literary Fund;
Copyright, Editorial, David Yaxley, 1992.

This list has been extracted by, and is copyright ©, Juanita Hadwin.

d. = died; b = born; ca = circa/about; dau = daughter; fl. = living; * = see transcriber's notes at end of transcript

ALTHAM, Elizabeth dau. of ALTHAM, Sir John ARMIGER ASTELEY, Edward ASTLEY, ?Edward d. 1599? ASTLEY, Abraham b. 1583 twin ASTLEY, Agnes d. 1872 ASTLEY, Agneta Frances ASTLEY, Agnita d. 1648 ASTLEY, Albert Edward Delaval d. 1956 ASTLEY, Alexandra Rhoda b. 1886 ASTLEY, Ann b. 1577 ASTLEY, Anne d. 1833 ASTLEY, Anne d. before 1577 ASTLEY, Bernard Edward Delaval d. 1875 ASTLEY, Blanch ASTLEY, Blanch b. 1695 ASTLEY, Blanch d. 1870 ASTLEY, Blanche b. 1672 ASTLEY, Bridget b. 1889 ASTLEY, Charles Merton b. 1885 ASTLEY, Delaval Loftus d. 1873 ASTLEY, Delaval Thomas Harold b. 1960 ASTLEY, Dorothie b. 1598 ASTLEY, Editha d. 1871 ASTLEY, Edward ASTLEY, Edward b. 1699 ASTLEY, Edward d 1673 ASTLEY, Edward d. 1654 ASTLEY, Edward d. 1654 ASTLEY, Edward d. 1846 ASTLEY, Edward Delaval Henry b. 1912 ASTLEY, Elizabeth b. 1676 ASTLEY, Elizabeth b. 1693 ASTLEY, Elizabeth c. 1619-84 ASTLEY, Elizabeth dau. of ASTLEY, Sir Jacob ASTLEY, Elizabeth, Lady ASTLEY, Frances d. 1645 ASTLEY, Francis b. 1581 ASTLEY, Francis d. 1558 ASTLEY, Francis d. 1573 ASTLEY, Francis d. 1638, Sheriff of Norfolk ASTLEY, Francis d. 1778 ASTLEY, Francis L'Estrange d. 1866 ASTLEY, George Manners d. 1904 ASTLEY, Harriet Marguerite b. 1958 ASTLEY, Henry Jacob d. 1909 ASTLEY, Hester d. 1867 ASTLEY, Hester Winifred b. 1899 ASTLEY, Isaac b. 1583 twin ASTLEY, Isaac d. 1662 ASTLEY, Isaac fl. 1579 ASTLEY, Isaac fl.1540-98 ASTLEY, Jacob d. ca. 1681 ASTLEY, Jacob Henry Delaval d. 1871 ASTLEY, Jacob John d. 1917 ASTLEY, Jacob d. 1688 ASTLEY, Jane b. 1594 ASTLEY, Jane d. 1660 ASTLEY, Jane b. 1592 wife of Richard ASTLEY, Jemima b. 1703 ASTLEY, John ASTLEY, John b. 1568 ASTLEY, John d. 1595 ASTLEY, John d. 1639 ASTLEY, John d. 1646 ASTLEY, John d. 1803 rector of Thornage ASTLEY, John d. ca. 1558 ASTLEY, John, son of ASTLEY, Jacob who d 1729 ASTLEY, Justin b. 1968 ASTLEY, Marie b. 1585 ASTLEY, Marie b. 1602 ASTLEY, Marie d. 1598 ASTLEY, Marie d. before 1585 ASTLEY, Philip b. 1694 ASTLEY, Ralph ASTLEY, Rhoda d. 1808 ASTLEY, Richard, M.A. b. 1592 ASTLEY, Sir Bernard d. 1645 ASTLEY, Sir Edward d. 1802 ASTLEY, Sir Francis ASTLEY, Sir Isaac d. 1659 ASTLEY, Sir Jacob (1579-1653), Lord Astley of Reading ASTLEY, Sir Jacob d. 1729 ASTLEY, Sir Jacob d. 1760 ASTLEY, Sir Jacob d. 1859 ASTLEY, Sir Jacob Henry d. 1817 ASTLEY, Sir John died 1639 ASTLEY, Sir Philip d. 1739 ASTLEY, Sir Philip d. 1739 ASTLEY, Sir Thomas d. 1265 ASTLEY, Thomas ASTLEY, Thomas (1567-1617) ASTLEY, Thomas b. 1700 ASTLEY, Thomas d. 1501 ASTLEY, Thomas d. 1516 ASTLEY, Thomas d. 1543 ASTLEY, Thomas d. 1617 ASTLEY, Thomas d. 1645 ASTLEY, Thomas fl. 1597 ASTLEY, Waldegrave ASTLEY, Walgrave b. 1587 BACON, Besse [sic] BACON, Henry b. 1570 BACON, Sir Nicholas BEDINGFIELD, Sarah dau. of BEDINGFIELD, Christopher BELL, Catherine dau. of BELL, Philip BLOMEFIELD, F. BOLEYN, Queen Anne BOLEYN, Sir James BONDE, Lawrance [sic] BOUGHTON, Anne BRANSBY, Elizabeth dau. of BRANSBY, Thomas BRERETON, Sir Thomas BROWN, Capability BROWNE, Sarah [sic] * dau. of BROWNE, Samuel BRUERTONS, Sir William BULLEN, Elizabeth BURES BUTTS, Sir William BUTTS, William CALTHORPE CHAMPERNOWN, Catherine dau of CHAMPERNOWN, Sir Philip Charles I CHENE or CHEYNEY, Frances dau. of CHENE or CHEYNEY, John CLAIBURNE, Hary [sic] CLARENDON CLIFTON, Henry CLIPESBY, Elizabeth CLIPESBY, William COKE of Holkham COKE, Bridget dau. of COKE, John CONSTABLE, Editha CONSTABLE, Sir Robert COSHAM, Frances CROMWELL DASHWOOD, G.H. DASHWOOD, Georgiana Caroline dau. of DASHWOOD, Sir Henry Watkin DASHWOOD, Revd. Augustus DE CONSTABLE DE MEALTON DE MONTFORT, Simon DEAN, Frances DEANE, Frances dau. of DEANE, Edward DELAVAL, Francis Blake DELAVAL, Rhoda Earl of Carlisle EDGE Elizabeth, the'Winter Queen' of Bohemia ELWIN, Caleb ESSEX, Lord EVERITT, Alan FAIRFAX, General Sir Thomas FFAIRFAX [sic], Sir Thomas FOUNTAINE, Sybil GAWDY of East Harling GAWN, Roger GLEMHAM, Sir Thomas GOUDGE, Edward ADOLPHUS, Gustavus, of Sweden HAMPDEN, John HARBORD, Elizabeth dau. of HARBORD, Charles, Lord Suffield HASTINGS, Lord Henry VIII HOBART of Blickling HOBART, Sir John of Blickling HOBART, Sir Myles, Lord Grey [of Plumstead?] HOLLAND of Quidenham HOPTON, Sir Ralph HOTHAM, Sir John HUSSEY, C. IMPLE or IMPEL, Agnes James I JERNINGHAM, Jeromina Katherine of Aragon KETTON-CREMER, Mr. King Christian IV of Denmark KNYFF-KIPP LE CONSTABLE LE STRANGE, Hamon of Hunstanton LE STRANGE, Lucy LE STRANGE, Roland LE STRANGE, Sir Henry d. 1760 LE STRANGE, Sir Nicholas LE STRANGE, Styleman L'ESTRANGE L'ESTRANGE, Henry LUMNOR, Margery LUMNOR, William MacQUEEN, Thomas MANNERS-SUTTON, Frances Diana dau. of Viscount Canterbury Margaret, daughter of Thomas, Lord GREY MAY, Hugh MESSENGER, Rachel dau. of MESSENGER, Augustine METCALF, Christopher MICKLETHWAITE, Charlotte MILLES [sic - MILLER?], Anne MILLES [sic - MILLER?], Christopher MORGAN, Colonel NEVILL, Marguerite Helen dau. of Marquess of Abergavenny NEWCASTLE OLBOROUGH PAGE, Gresham PALGRAVE, of North Barningham PASTON POTTS of Mannington POTTS, Sir John of Mannington PRATT, Edward PRATT, Roger Prince Rupert Princess Elizabeth RADCLIFFE, Catherine Rosaline dau of HINTON, Capt. Harold ROE, Sir Thomas SERGISON, Warden SHELTON, Lady SKIPPON, Philip SMITH, A. Hassell SPARKE, Revd. John Henry SPELMAN STEVENES [sic], Mr. STROUD, Dorothy STYDOLFE, Ann dau. of STYDOLFE, Francis STYDOLFE, Frances dau. of STYDOLFE, Sir Richard TOWNSHEND, Sir Roger TOWNSHEND, Sir Roger TUDOR, Princess Mary VAN DYCK WALDEGRAVE, Charles WALDEGRAVE, Mary dau. of WALDEGRAVE, Edward WALDEGRAVE, Sir Edward WALLER, Sir William WALPOLE WALPOLE, of Houghton WATLINGTON, Judith dau. of WATLINGTON, Isaac WELBY, Colonel WESTMINSTER, Duke of WILTON, Colonel WINDHAM of Felbrigg WODEHOUSE of Kimberley WODEHOUSE, Blanche dau. of WODEHOUSE, Sir Philip WOLSEY WOOD, Anne WOODE, Anne d.1512 WOODE, John WOODS, Tom 'WOOLNO', John 'WOOLNO', Will WORLIDGE WREN, Christopher

* Transcriber's notes: Melton Constable parish register has:

• Jacob son of Jacob ASTLEY, Esq. and Hester his wife (late Hester Browne) Privately bapt. 13.11.1797
• Sophia dau of Sir Jacob ASTLEY and Dame Hester born 6.5.1802 Privately bapt. by John ASTLEY, Rector of Thornage 7.5.1802
• Francis L'Estrange son of Sir Jacob ASTLEY and Dame Hester born 27.2.1810 bpt. 28.2.1810

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This section contains references to well known (or infamous) Norfolk people and families.
See also Norfolk: Names, Personal.

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April 2015

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Aickman

Aickman, Dorothy Jean

John Aickman's Foundery MDCCCXXVII, King's Lynn: a fragment of Lynn history (Aickman family 1827-1896).
[ISBN 0950706809, 1980]

Ames

Robinson, J.A. (Editor)

The Ames correspondence: letters to Mary: a selection from letters written by members of the Ames family of Lakenham, Norwich, 1837-1847. (The letters are mainly to Mary Ames Thompson from family members in Norwich and New York.
[Norwich, Norfolk Record Society vol 31, 1962]

Andrew

See Boileau

Sir John Boileau.

Astley

Astley, Sir Albert Edward Delaval, 21st Baron Hastings

Astley of Melton Constable, 1236-1936.
[1936]

Ketton-Cremer, Robert Wyndham and Yaxley, David

Three generations: Astley family correspondence (Civil War 1642-1649).
[ISBN 0948400188, Larks Press, 1992]
List of people.

Aylmer

No author

Recollections of the Late Mr Hugh Aylmer of West Dereham Abbey, Downham, Norfolk.
[Live Stock Journal, 25 May 1894]

Norwich Mercury 1867

Inquest on the Death of George Aylmer of Fincham.

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Bacon

Key, Jane (editor)

The Letters and Will of Lady Dorothy Bacon, 1597-1629.
[Norwich, Norfolk Record Society, vol 56, 1991]

Lindsay, Donald

Sir Edmund (Castell) Bacon: a Norfolk life.
[ISBN 0947656014, Maldon, Plume, 1988]

Norfolk Record Society

The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon (1547-1622) of Stiffkey.
[Vol 1: 1556-1577: Norfolk Record Society, vol 46, 1979]
[Vol 2: 1578-1585: Norfolk Record Society, vol 49, 1983]
[Vol 3: 1586-1595: Norfolk Record Society, vol 53, 1990]
[Vol 4: 1596-1602: Norfolk Record Society, vol 64, 2000]

Saunders, Herbert Washington (Editor)

The official papers of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, as Justice of the Peace, 1580-1620; selected and edited.
[London, Royal Historical Society, Camden third series Vol 26, 1915]

Taylor, Jill R.

Nathaniel Bacon (1547-1622): an Elizabethan squire: his family and household and their impact upon the local community.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1989]

Barrett

Barrett

See Lennard.

Bennett

Wallace, Edgar (Editor)

The Trial of Herbert John Bennett: The Yarmouth Beach Murder.
[London, G. Bles, 1929]

Bilney

Barrett, George Slatyer

Thomas Bilney: Martyr for the faith of Christ: a sermon.
[London, Jarrold, 1884?]

Whitwell, Eric W.

Thomas Bilney of East Bilney.
[Dereham, Dereham Baptist Church, 2002]

Blofeld

Blofeld, Grizel

An account of the Blofeld family of Hoveton House (in Hoveton St John) in the county of Norfolk.
[For private circulation, c1980]

Blogg

Coxswain Henry Blogg (1876-1954)

From the RNLI Heritage Trust.

Henry Blogg Museum, at Cromer

Description, etc.

Bensley, Mick

The Rescues of Henry Blogg and the Crews of the Cromer Lifeboats.
Including 39 watercolours of the rescues.
[Bengunn, 2001]

Jolly, Cyril

Henry Blogg of Cromer: the greatest of the lifeboat-men.
[ISBN 0946148597, Poppyland Publishing, 2002]
Contents, prefaces, and first chapter

Jolly, Cyril

The Loss of the English Trader: RNLI Coxswain Henry Blogg's Toughest Mission.
[ISBN 0906554063, Lutterworth Press, 1988]

Blundeville

Campling, Arthur

Thomas Blundeville, of Newton Flotman, Norfolk (1522-1606): author and poet, tempo. Elizabeth.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.21, 1923]

Boileau

Chadwick, Owen

Victorian Miniature.
The lives of William Wayte Andrew (d. 1889) and Sir John Boileau (d.1869) at Ketteringham, Norfolk: a study of squire and parson in a little Victorian village.
[ISBN 0521422515, Cambridge University Press, 1991]

Bradfield

Bradfield, Ted

Ted Bradfield of Heacham.
[King's Lynn, West Norfolk Historical Society, 1980]

Brightwell

Brightwell, Cecilia Lucy

Memorials of the life of Mr Thomas Brightwell of Norwich, by his daughter.
[Norwich, Fletcher, 1869]

Browne

Alexander, John (Minister of Princes Street Chapel, Norwich)

A brief memoir of the Rev. James Browne, of North Walsham (1781-1857).
[London, Jarrold, 1859]

Batty Shaw, Anthony

Sir Thomas Browne of Norwich (1605-1682).
[Norwich, Browne 300 Committee, 1982]

Campling, Arthur (Editor)

Browne of Elsing, Norfolk, from pedigree rolls at Elsing Hall; with annotations and additions.
[London, Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1937, Reprinted from "Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica"]

Bullard

Bullard, Herbert H.

Sir Harry Bullard, Kt, MP, JP, DL, three times mayor of Norwich, three times MP for Norwich, three jubilees: a record of a busy public life.
[Norwich, Goose, 1902]

Bultitude

Bultitude, Frederick

Frederick Bultitude: Great Yarmouth Sand Artist.
[ISBN 1872992048, Lowestoft, Rushmere, 1992]

Buxton

The Buxton Papers at Cambridge University Library (this is a link to an archived copy).

Including a history and pedigree of the Buxton family, and description and indexes of the collection.

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Calthorp

Lee-Warner, Henry James

The Calthorps of Burnham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.9, 1884]

Cavell

Edith Cavell 1865-1915, a Norfolk Heroine

The Edith Cavell web site.

Nurse Edith Cavell (1865-1915)

NRO Information Leaflet 16.

Clark-Kennedy, A.E.

Edith Cavell: pioneer and patriot.
[London, Faber and Faber, 1965]

Grant, Sally

Edith Cavell, 1865-1915.
[ISBN 0948400285, Dereham, Larks Pocket Biographies 1, c1995]

Leeds, Herbert

Edith Cavell: her life story: a Norfolk tribute.
[London, Jarrold and Sons, 1915]

Ryder, Rowland

Edith Cavell.
[ISBN 0241891736, London, Hamilton, 1975]

Vinton, Iris

The story of Edith Cavell.
[Sampson Low, London, Signature Biographies, no.12, 1960]

Coke

James, Charles Warburton

Chief Justice Coke (Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634): his family and descendants at Holkham.
[London, Country Life, 1929]

Parker, Robert A.C.

Coke of Norfolk: a financial and agricultural study, 1707-1842.
(Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, of Holkham, 1752-1842)
[ISBN 0198224036, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1975]

Great Britain: Statute

Coke (Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, and Juliana, Countess of Leicester) marriage settlement act, 1843.
An act for confirming a settlement and jointure provision made by the Right Honourable Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, of Holkham in the county of Norfolk, during his minority, out of certain entailed estates in the county of Norfolk, in favour of Juliana Whitbread spinster, in contemplation of their marriage: 11th April 1843.
[London, George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1843]

Cresswell

Harrod, Dominic (Ed)

War, Ice and Piracy: the Remarkable Career of a Victorian Sailor.
The Letters of Samuel Gurney Cresswell.
[ISBN 1861761384, Chatham Publishing, 2000]

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Davidson

Collier, Karilyn

The Rector of Stiffkey - His Life and Trial (this is a link to an archived copy)
Harold Francis Davidson (1875-1937)
[Zevrika Publications, 2004]

Cullen, Tom

The Prostitutes' Padre, the story of the notorious Rector of Stiffkey, Harold Davidson.
[London, Bodley Head, 1975]

Davidson, Harold Francis (Rector of Stiffkey)

The reason why.
[London, Deane Printing Works, 1935]

Davies

Caulfield, Richard

Journal of the Very Rev. Rowland Davies (1649-1721), LL.D, from March 8 1688-9 to September 29 1690.
[London, Camden Society first series vol 68, 1857]

Drury

Drury of Norfolk and Suffolk

This is a link to an archived copy.

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Eade

Eade, Sir Peter

The autobiography of Sir Peter Eade (Mayor of Norwich): with selections from his diary; edited by S.H. Long.
[London, Jarrold, 1916]

Ellis

Ted Ellis, 1909-1986

The Ted Ellis Trust, and Wheatfen Nature Reserve at Surlingham.

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Farmery

Ward, William

The life of Mr. Charles Farmery, late pastor of the Baptist Church, at Diss, in Norfolk; from memoirs chiefly written by himself: together with the extraordinary consolations which he enjoyed in his last illness. Published for the benefit of his Widow and three small children.
[London, Printed by J. Cundee; and sold by Button and Son; J. Higham; Annis, Norwich; and J. Waller, Diss, 1801]

Fenne

Norfolk Record Society

A miscellany: (including) the will of Hugh Atte Fenne, 1476.
[ISBN 0951160060, Norwich, Norfolk Record Society vol 56, 1993]

Filby

The Filby Association

An organisation of people the world over with the surname of FILBY or its variants, devoted to the study of the name derived from the village of Filby, Norfolk.

Fincham

Finchams of East Anglia

Of Fincham, Outwell, etc.

Fransham

Saint, W.

Memoirs of the life, character, opinions and writings, of that learned and eccentric man, the late John Fransham, of Norwich.
[Norwich, C. Berry, 1811]

Frere

Pedigree of the Family of Frere

Of Roydon in Norfolk, and Finningham in Suffolk.

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Grene

Norfolk Record Society

A miscellany: (including) the letters and will of Thomas Grene (d.1545) rector of Poringland.
[ISBN 0951160060, Norwich, Norfolk Record Society vol 56, 1993]

Gunn

The archives of the Rev William Gunn are at the Norfolk Record Office.

Search the NRO Catalogue

Riviere, Michael

The Rev William Gunn, B.D.: a Norfolk parson on the grand tour.
[Norfolk Archaeology, 1966]

Gurney

Alexander, John (Minister of Prince's Street Chapel, Norwich)

Brief memoir of Joseph John Gurney, Esq.
[Norwich, Fletcher, 1847]

Anderson, Verily

Friends and relations: three centuries of Quaker families. A history of the Gurney family.
[London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980]

Anderson, Verily

The Northrepps grandchildren.
The Gurney family of Norwich and Northrepps, to 1967, with family tree and index. Autobiography of a minor relation of the family, who was brought up at the house.
[ISBN 0904623998, Mallard Reprints, Lavenham, Suffolk, 1979]
[Originally published: Hodder and Stoughton, 1968]

Bidwell, William Henry

Annals of an East Anglian bank, including the Gurney family.
[Norwich, Goose, 1900]

Corder, Susanna (editor)

Memoir of Priscilla Gurney.
[London, Cash, 1856]

Fry, Katharine

Katharine Fry's book; edited by Jane Vansittart. Includes details of the related Gurney family.
[London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1966]

Gurney, Daniel

The record of the house of Gournay: compiled from original documents.
[London, 1848]

Gurney, Joseph John

Memoirs: with selections from his journal and correspondence; edited by J. B. Braithwaite; 2 volumes.
[Norwich, Fletcher and Alexander, 1854]

Gurney, Samuel

Isabel Mrs. Gurney, afterwards the Lady Talbot de Malahide, 1851-1932.
[Norwich, Jarrold, Simpkin Marshall, 1935]

Hare, Augustus

The Gurneys of Earlham, 2 volumes.
[London, George Allen, 1895]

(Norfolk Chronicle)

Record of the death of J.J. (Joseph John) Gurney, Esq. of Earlham; with some remarks on the character, and a report of proceedings connected with the funeral, of that truly christian philanthropist, extracted from the Norfolk Chronicle of January 9th and 16th, 1847.
[Norwich, Stevenson and Matchett, 1847]

Swift, David E.

Joseph John Gurney: banker, reformer and Quaker.
[Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press, 1962]

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Haggard

There are many books and web pages about Rider Haggard and the ones shown below are a short selection. Please visit your local library or use a search engine to find other information.

Rider Haggard Society

Membership, journal, meetings, biographies, etc.

The Haggard family at West Bradenham

Newspaper cuttings.

Haggard, Sir Henry Rider

A farmer's year: being his commonplace book for 1898.
A monthly calendar of activities at the author's farms at Bedingham and Ditchingham.
[ISBN 0091708419, London, Cresset Library, 1987]
[Facsimile of edition originally published 1899, with a new introduction by Ronald Blythe]

Haggard, Sir Henry Rider

The private diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard, 1914-1925, edited by D. Sydney Higgins.
[ISBN 0304306118, Cassell, 1980]

Hardy

Cozens-Hardy, Basil

The history of Letheringsett in the county of Norfolk: with extracts from the diary of Mary Hardy, 1773-1809.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1957]

Harvey

Great Britain: Statute.

Harvey (Robert) Estate Act, 1818.
An act for effecting an exchange of an estate in the county of Norfolk [in Thorpe St. Andrew], devised by the will of Robert Harvey Esquire to John Harvey Esquire under certain limitations, for an estate belonging to the said John Harvey Esquire in fee simple, to be subjected to the like limitations: 23 May 1818.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1818]

Hastings

Mourin, Ken

The Hastings Brass (Sir Hugh Hastings, d.1347) at Elsing.
[Dereham, Norfolk Heraldry Society, Norfolk Heraldic Monographs, no.3, 2001]

Sir Hugh Hastings Brass, 1347, Elsing, Norfolk

Picture of the brass.

Helsham

The Reminiscences of Elizabeth Jones (nee Helsham, 1801-1866)

Early 19th century. Places - Stoke Ferry and Fincham; also the Burnhams, Norwich, Yarmouth, Ely, etc. Families - Helsham and Crowe; also Alexander, Bolton, Dalton, Forby, Glasse, Harvey, Millers, etc.

Heydon

Batten, B.

The hey-day of the Heydons of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and West Wickham, Kent.
[ISBN 0900592583, Coloma College of Education Thesis, c1960]

Heydons of Norfolk

In Heydon, Baconsthorpe, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.

Hobart

Henderson, Hazel

Frances of Blickling: her life and times.
(Frances Egerton, Lady Hobart, 1603-1664).
[ISBN 0900616598, Wymondham, Norfolk, G.R. Reeve, 1999?]

Hore

Haward, Birkin

Master Mason Hawes of Occold, Suffolk and John Hore, Master Carpenter of Diss: a tribute to two fifteenth century master craftsmen.
[ISBN 0952139030, Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, 2000]

Howard

Grant, Neil

The Howards of Norfolk.
[London, F. Watts, 1972]

Howard, Earl G. (Compiler)

Howard Pioneers of Tasmania: the story of a family that emigrated from Bodney, Norfolk.
[Watton Library, Norfolk, 36pp. (typescript), no date (before June 1992)]

Hurry

Hurry, William

Proceedings at the assizes at Thetford, on the 18th of March, 1786, and the 24th of March, 1787, in the trial of William Hurry, merchant, of the borough of Great Yarmouth, on an indictment preferred against him by John Watson, attorney at law, then Mayor Elect of the said borough, for wilful and corrupt perjury.
[Norwich, Chase, 1787]

Hurry-Houghton, Thomas and Hurry-Houghton, Margaret

Memorials of the family of Hurry of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and of America, Australia, and South Africa.
[Liverpool, C. Tinling, 1926]

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Jermy

The Jermy Family of Norfolk and Suffolk

Details of the titled Jermy family from the 13th to 18th centuries (and records of more recent families).

Valdar, Stewart

A brief history of the Jermy family of Norfolk and Suffolk (to 1850).
[ISBN 0950520802, Limited edition of 300 copies, 1976]

See also Rush

James Blomfield Rush

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Kempe

Margery Kempe (c.1373-1438)

Mediaeval Mystic and Pilgrim

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Lennard

Barrett-Lennard, Thomas

An account of the families of Lennard and Barrett: compiled largely from original documents.
[Spottiswoode and Co, Limited edition, 1908]

Le Strange

Le Strange, Hamon

Le Strange records: a chronicle of the early Le Stranges of Norfolk and the March of Wales A.D. 1110-1310.
[London, Longmans, Green, 1916]

Oestmann, Cord

Lordship and community: the Lestrange family and the village of Hunstanton, Norfolk, in the first half of the sixteenth century.
[ISBN 0851153518, Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1994]

Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
This is a comprehensive list of links to web pages.

Abraham Lincoln had an ancestral connection with Norfolk.

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Margitson

Haggard, Lilias Rider

Too late for tears (Margitson family; Ditchingham House).
[Bungay, Waveney Publications, 1969]

Marsham

Robert Marsham of Stratton Strawless (1708-1797)

Pioneering recorder of events in the natural world, weather, etc.

Marsham, H.P. and Bell, Prof.

The Correspondence of Robert Marsham of Stratton-Strawless, and the Reverend Gilbert White, 1790-1793.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 1879]

Mautby

Cornford, Barbara

The De Mautby family at Mautby.
[Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth and District Archaeological Society, in "Yarmouth Archaeology", 1991]

Montgomerie

Franklyn, Charles Aubrey Hamilton

A genealogical history of the families of Montgomerie of Garboldisham, Hunter of Knap and Montgomerie of Fittleworth.
[Ditchling P, Limited edition, 1967]

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Nelson

There are many web pages about Nelson and the ones shown below are a short selection. They contain links to other Nelson sites, and you can also use a search engine to find other pages.

• The Norfolk Nelson Museum
• The Nelson Society
• Admiral Nelson - the 1805 Club
• Nelson at the National Maritime Museum (Search for "Nelson")

Similiarly, there are many publications about Nelson and only a few are shown here. Please search the catalogues of your local library, or catalogues on the internet.

Burgess, Ben

A Trilogy of Nelsonian Research.
[Ben Burgess Nelson Memorabilia Trust, 1993]

Coleman, Terry

Nelson: the Man and the Legend.
[ISBN 0747556857, Bloomsbury, 2001]

Fiske, R.C.

Nelson and Associated Heraldry.
[North Walsham, Nelson Society, 1983]

Harris, Nathaniel

The Nelsons: the Family of Horatio Nelson.
[ISBN 0460067362, J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1977]

Hayes, Colin

The Boy from Burnham Thorpe: the Story of Lord Nelson.
[ISBN 1871173019, Saffron Walden, Anglia Young Books, c1989]

Hibbert, Christopher

Nelson: a personal history.
[ISBN 0670843423, Penguin Group, 1994]

Isaacson, Cecil J.

Nelson's 'five years on the beach' and the other 'Horatio' Nelson of Burnham Thorpe.
[ISBN 0950859311, 1991]

Lewis, Charles

Nelson - I am myself a Norfolk man.
[ISBN 0946148724, Poppyland Publishing, 2005]
Selection of Nelson's Letters, Nelson's Crew at Trafalgar, Ship's Log, etc.

Pooley, Graham

Burnham Boy: Horatio Lord Nelson.
[ISBN 095161200x, 1990]

North

Colvin, Howard and Newman, John (editors)

Of Building: Roger North's writings on architecture.
[ISBN 0198173253, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1981]

Jessopp, Augustus (editor)

The Autobiography of the Hon. Roger North (1653-1734).
[London, David Nutt, Norwich, A.H. Goose, 1887]

Jessopp, Augustus (editor)

The lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Right Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North, together with the autobiography of the author, the Hon. Roger North (1653-1734).
[3 volumes, London, George Bell and Sons, 1890]

Middleton, Dorothy

Victorian Lady Travellers.
(Including Marianne North 1830-1890).
[London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965

Millard, Peter (editor)

Notes of Me: the autobiography of Roger North.
[ISBN 0802044719, University of Toronto, 2000]

North, Marianne

A Vision of Eden: the life and work of Marianne North (1830-1890).
[ISBN 0906671183, Exeter, Webb and Bower, 1980]

Williamson, Tom

Roger North at Rougham: a lost house and its landscape.
(In "Counties and Communities: essays on East Anglian history: presented to Hassell Smith).
[Norwich, University of East Anglia, Centre of East Anglian Studies, 1996]

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Oakley

Norfolk Record Society

A miscellany: (including) the autobiography of Elizabeth Oakley (1831-1900).
[ISBN 0951160060, Norwich, Norfolk Record Society vol 56, 1993]

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Page

Duff, David

Man of God: the story of a Norfolk parson.
Privately published in memory of the late Rev. Reginald C. Page.
[England, 1956]

Paine

There are many books and web pages about Thomas Paine, who was born in Thetford in 1737, and the ones shown below are a short selection. Please visit your local library or use a search engine to find other information.

UK Thomas Paine Society

Events, publications, membership, etc.

Thomas Paine National Historical Association

Events, publications, membership, etc.

Thomas Paine

His life and works.

Thomas Paine

Full text of several works.

Palgrave

The Palgrave Society

Membership, activities, etc.

Palmer, Charles John and Tucker, Stephen.

Palgrave Family Memorials.
[Norwich, Miller and Leavins, 1878]

Palgrave, Derek A.

Archives of Flegg relating to the Palgraves.
[Palgrave Society, 1975]

Palgrave, Derek A.

North Barningham, the Church, the Hall and the Palgrave Family.
[ISBN 0950533505, Doncaster, 1974]

Palgrave, Derek A.

The Palgraves of Rollesby: A brief history, 1773-1973.
[ISBN 0950533513, Doncaster, 1976]

Palgrave, Derek A. and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick T.R.

The History and Lineage of the Palgraves.
[ISBN 0950533556, Palgrave Society, 1978]

Palgrave-Moore, Patrick

The Palgraves of Ludham.
[Doncaster, Palgrave Society, 1977]

Paston

Barber, Richard (editor)

The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses.
[ISBN 0851153380, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Boydell Press, 1993]

Bennett, Henry Stanley

The Pastons and their England: studies in an age of transition.
[ISBN 0521398266, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991]

Collin-Smith, Richard

Margaret of the Paston letters.
[1984]

Davis, Norman (editor)

The Paston letters: a selection in modern spelling.
[ISBN 0192816152, Oxford, Oxford University Press, The World's Classics no 591, 1983]

Davis, Norman (editor)

Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century.
[ISBN 0198125550, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 3 parts, 1971-6]

Hughey, Ruth (editor)

The correspondence of Lady Katherine Paston, 1603-1627.
[Norwich, Norfolk Record Society, v14, 1941]

Ketton-Cremer, Robert Wyndham

Sir William Paston, 1610-1663.
[Privately printed, 1951]

Mullini, Roberta

Tradition and innovation in the Paston women's "ego-documents" (this is a link to an archived copy)

Three generations of women in the 15th century.

Richmond, Colin

The Paston family in the fifteenth century: 3 volumes.
- Vol 1: The First Phase.
[ISBN 0521385024, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990]
- Vol 2: Fastolf's Will.
[ISBN 0521562384, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996]
- Vol 3: Endings.
[ISBN 0719059909, Manchester University Press, 2000]

Robbins, Edgar C.

William Paston, justice: founder of the Paston family, 1378-1444.
[Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1932]

Virgoe, Roger (editor)

Illustrated letters of the Paston family: private life in the fifteenth century.
[ISBN 0333480996, London, Macmillan, 1989]

Warrington, John (editor)

The Paston letters, 2 volumes.
[Dent, Everyman's Library 752 and 753, 1956]

Worship, Francis

Account of a manuscript genealogy of the Paston family in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, communicated to the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, printed by Charles Muskett, 1852]

Yaxley, David

Sir William Paston, 1610-1663.
[ISBN 0948400358, Dereham, Larks Press, Larks Pocket Biographies, no 6, 1995]

Potts

Vaughan-Lewis, William; and Vaughan-Lewis, Maggie

See you in court: The Potts family of Mannington Hall Norfolk, 1584-1737.
[ISBN 0956179500, Lavenham, Itteringham History, 2009]

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Ransome

Ransome, Arthur

Wereham memories: horse-work and horse-play.
Reminiscences of a Norfolk horse-man.
[ISBN 0952449307, King's Lynn, Horsley Press, 1994]

Read

Fisher, Dr J.R.

Clare Sewell Read, 1826-1905.
A Farmers' Spokesman of the late Nineteenth Century.
[ISBN 0900480386, University of Hull, 1975]

Rolfe

John Rolfe (1585-1622)

Married to Pocahontas in 1614.

Berry, Veronica

The Rolfe papers: the chronicle of a Norfolk family, 1559-1908.
[ISBN 0950947016, Brentwood, 1986]

Gunther, Albert Everard and Gunther, Robert

Rolfe Family Records.
Volumes I and III by A.E. Gunther.
Volume II by R.T. and A. Gunther.
[London, 1914 and 1962]

Wilson, Richard and Mackley, Alan

Founding a landed dynasty, building a country house: the Rolfes of Heacham in the eighteenth century.
(From "Counties and Communities: Essays on East Anglian History", presented to Hassell Smith).
[Norwich, University of East Anglia, Centre of East Anglian Studies, 1996]

Roy

Roys of Wroxham

This shop is situated in Hoveton. It began in Coltishall in 1895.

Taylor, Chris; and Court, Shirley V.

"The world's largest village store": A brief history of Roys of Wroxham.
[ISBN 095221010X, Hoveton, Roys (Wroxham), 1993]

Rush

James Blomfield Rush
He was executed in 1849 for the Stanfield Hall murders.

Family, pictures (including locations and broadsheets), etc.

(Anon. 1849) The Stanfield Hall Assassinations!

Authentic Report of the Trial, Conviction, and Extraordinary Defence of Jas. Bloomfield Rush; including Every incident in the Most Appalling Tragedy of real Life ever Recorded in the Annals of Crime.
[Cleave, London]

(A.D.Bayne, 1849) The Stanfield Tragedy

A Complete Narrative.
[Jarrold and Sons, London]

(Rush, James Blomfield)

A Full report of the trial of James Blomfield Rush for the murder of Mr. Jermy and his son, of Stanfield Hall, in the County of Norfolk: commencing on Wednesday, March 28 and concluded April 4, 1849, at Norwich Assizes.
[London, Printed and published by W.M. Clark, 1849]

(Rush, James Blomfield)

Life and Character of J. B. Rush, who was tried and convicted for the cruel murders of Mr Jermy and Son, at Stanfield Hall, etc.
[London, 1849]

See also Jermy

 

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Shelton

Finch, Jonathan

Fragments of Ambition: the Monuments of the Shelton family at Shelton, Norfolk.
(In "Counties and Communities: Essays on East Anglian History").
[Norwich, University of East Anglia, Centre of East Anglian Studies, 1996]

Shovell

Harris, Dr Simon

Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Stuart Admiral.
[ISBN 1862270996, Staplehurst, Spellmount, 2001]

Sondes

Lord Sondes at North Elmham

Newspaper cuttings.

Southwell

Robert Southwell (Catholic Encyclopaedia article)

Jesuit priest, martyr and poet, 1561-1595

Southwell Family

See Woodrising.

Starling

Peabody, Ron (editor)

Memories of Aylsham: the Memoirs of William Frederick Starling, 1851-1937.
[ISBN 0952156431, Aylsham Local History Society, 2000]

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Turner

Turner, Haward

The Turner family of Mulbarton and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, 1547-1906: collections and notes. New edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, by Frederic Johnson.
[London, Jarrold, 1907]

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Upcher

Yaxley, Susan (editor)

Sherringhamia: the journal of Abbot Upcher 1813-16.
[ISBN 0948400048, Stibbard, Larks Press, 1986]

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Vancouver

Anderson, Bern

The life and voyages of Captain George Vancouver: surveyor of the sea.
[Seattle, University of Washington Press, c1960]

Anderson, G. H.

Vancouver and his great voyage: the story of a Norfolk sailor, Captain Geo. Vancouver, R.N., 1757-1798.
[King's Lynn, Thew, 1923]

Lamb, W. Kaye (Editor)

A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world 1791-1795: George Vancouver, 1758-1798.
[London, Hakluyt Society, 1984]
[ISBN 0904180174 (vol 1), 0904180182 (vol 2), 0904180190 (vol 3), 0904180204 (vol 4), 0904180166 (vols 1-4)]

There are many more publications and web pages.

See library catalogues, and web search engines.

Venning

Henderson, Thulia Susannah (Editor)

Memorials of John Venning, Esq. (b.1776) (formerly of St. Petersburgh, and late of Norwich), with numerous notices from his manuscripts relative to the Imperial family of Russia.
(Reprint of the 1862 edition by John Venning, published by Knight London).
[Cambridge, England, Oriental Research Partners, 1975]

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Walpole

Only some of the publications about the Walpoles are shown here. Please search the catalogues of your local library, or catalogues on the internet.

Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence

Castle Rising and the Walpoles.
A supplement to Blomefield's Norfolk.
[London, Clement Ingleby, 1929]

Broome, John Henry

Houghton and the Walpoles.
[King's Lynn, Thew and Son, 1865]

Jessopp, Augustus

One generation of a Norfolk house: a contribution to Elizabethan history.
[London, Burns and Oates, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913]

Nevill, Lady Dorothy

Mannington and the Walpoles, Earls of Orford.
[London, Fine Art Society, 1894]

Rye, Walter

The later history of the family of Walpole of Norfolk: to which is prefixed some remarks as to the probable identity of the Houghton family with the early merchants of King's Lynn.
[Norwich, Hunt, 1920]

Tomes, Sir Charles Sissmore

Mannington Hall and its owners.
[Norwich, Goose, 1916]

Walpole, Lady Nancy

The Walpoles of Wolterton.
[ISBN 0863321658, The Book Guild, 1986]

Wodehouse

Hawkins, Angus and Powell, John (editors)

The journal of John Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley, for 1862-1902.
[ISBN 0521623286, Cambridge University Press, for the Royal Historical Society, Camden fifth series, vol.9, 1997]

Wodehouse, John, Earl of Kimberley

The Wodehouses of Kimberley.
[London, Privately printed, 1887]

Woodforde

Parson James Woodforde was the rector at Weston Longville from 1774 until 1803.

The Parson Woodforde Society

The society, membership, Woodforde's diary, publications, etc.

Woodforde's Diary

The Parson Woodforde Society has a detailed list of the various editions of Woodforde's diary, the society's journals, etc.

See also

the Weston Longville Parish Page.

Wyndham

Wyndham, H.A.

A family history.
Vol 1: 1410-1688: the Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset.
Vol 2: 1688-1837: the Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire.
[London, Oxford University Press, 1950]

See also

the Felbrigg Parish Page.

Wyth

Norfolk Record Society

A miscellany: (including) the will of Oliver Wyth, 1291.
[ISBN 0951160060, Norwich, Norfolk Record Society vol 56, 1993]

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Yorke

Yorke, Katherine

The strange family at Yorke's Hill, Attlebridge, Norfolk seventy years ago.
(Autobiography of Katherine York, 1920s).
[ISBN 0948400730, Dereham, Larks Press, 1998]

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The following persons survived the crash of the British-built airship "R101" on October 5th 1930.

Arthur V. Bell, Engineer Joseph H. Binks, Engineer Alf J. Cook, Engineer Arthur Disley, Wireless Operator Harry J. Leech, Foreman Engineer Victor Savory, Engineer

 

Information supplied by Harry Wykes of the Airship Heritage Trust

On October 5th 1930 the British-built airship "R101" crashed into a hillside near Beauvais in France killing everybody on board. [The underlined words were in the text supplied to GENUKI - but see "R101 Survivors"]

The following are listed as having been killed:-

ATHERSTONE N.G.	Lieut Cdr.
ATKINS G.K.
BISHOP P.	Major
BLAKE R.
BRANCKER Sir Sefton	Air Vice Marshall, RAF
BUCK J.	Lord Thomson's attendant
BURTON C.A.
BUSHFIELD A.
CHURCH S.
COLMORE R.B.B.	Wing Commander, RAF
ELLIOTT F.	Wireless Operator
FERGUSSON C.J.
FORD H.E.
FOSTER P.A.
GENT W.R.	First Engineer
GIBLETT M.A.	Mr
GRAHAM E.A.	Cook
HASTINGS A.C.
HODNETT F.
HUNT G.W.	Chief Coxswain
IRWIN H.C.H	Flight Lieut, RAF
JOHNSTON E.L.	Sqdn Leader, RAF
KEELEY S.T.
KEY T.A.
KING W.H.
LITTLEKIT M.F.
MASON C.H.
MEGGINSON J.W.	Galley Boy
MOULE W.
NORCOTT A.W.J.
O'NEILL W.H.L.	Sqdn Leader
OUGHTON L.F.
PALSTRA W.	Sqdn Leader, R.A.A.F
POTTER W.A.
RADCLIFFE W.G.
RAMPTON M.G.
RICHARDSON A.J.
RICHMOND V.C.	Lt Colonel
ROPE F.M.	Sqdn Leader
RUDD E.G.
SAVIDGE A.H.
SCOTT G.H.	Major
SCOTT S.E.
SHORT G.W.
STEFF M.H.	Flying Officer
TAYLOR C.E.
THOMSON	Lord (Air Minister)
WATKINS A.H.

Documents on the R101 are held in the Public Record Office in Kew under AIR 3,5,& 11. Photographs of the wreckage are under AIR5/1070 via 6/573/1/.

• General
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  • Thesaurus of British Surnames (archived copy) - a project, now terminated, that developed and managed an online thesaurus of British surname variants.
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  • Wikipedia's Biography Portal. 
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  • For those who may have been mentioned, even if only in passing, in books, see Bibliography
  • For people famous or infamous enough to get their names in the newspapers or to have obituaries, or posh enough to announce their births, marriages and deaths, see Newspapers.
  • Search engines like Google are always worth a try, although you may have to scroll through many pages of hits.
  • Archive and Library catalogues usually have synopses which will often allow you to find a name even if it is not in the book title.
  • For those who may have appeared at the Old Bailey Old Bailey Online.
  • If you know their occupation, see Occupations. (In particular, for ministers of religion, see under Church Officials).
• Specialised Name Listings
  • Names extracted from the book "THE GREAT DAYS OF THE CANALS" by Anthony Burton.
  • The names of actors and actresses who died pre 1930 and who are listed in the book "WHO'S WHO IN THE THEATRE" edited by John PARKER and printed in 1930.
  • The Agincourt Honor Roll (archived copy) - a list of nearly 1000 participants in this 1415 battle.
  • Indexes to parish returns towards the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral, ca.1678 in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
  • Marion Hebblethwaite's George Cross Database lists and provides information about recipients.
  • A variety of name listings were produced by the late Ted Wildy and are available online, including:
    • Names from "A Country Camera 1844-1914" by Gordon Winter.
    • Casualties in the R101 Airship Disaster
    • Names from the book "Trade Tokens" by J.R.S. Whiting
    • Casualties listed in the East India Directory and Register, 1832
    • Names from "The Atlantic Telegraph" by W.H. Russell, c1866
  • Colin Mackie's Directories - of British Diplomats, British Civil Servants (1900-), British Armed Forces (1860-), Composers, and U.S. Senators (1863-).

Bardsley, Alan. First name variants. Birmingham: Federation of Family History Societies (2003) 18pp. [ISBN-13: 978-1860061776]

(See also Military History and Occupations.)