[WED]CHAPMAN and LEIGH
Tim Curtin
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:32:24 +1100
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According to Pamela Slocombe (Mark: a Somerset Moorland Village, p.83) =
Robert Yescombe Chapman's will was proved in 1837 (citing DT Hawkings =
Index to Somerset Wills, 1995).
Edward Yescombe's fascinating note suggests a possible reason for the =
older Sabra Chapman's birth in 1779 not being registered in Wedmore, =
i.e. the impending sale of Robert Yescombe's lands, which may have =
obliged his tenant Philip Chapman to move elsewhere.=20
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From: Richard Hembury-Kellow=20
To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org=20
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: [WED]CHAPMAN and LEIGH
Hello John,
=20
Being suitably refreshed by three hours sleep, I rang the Somerset =
Record Office this afternoon, and they confirmed (as my kind =
Mr?Ms?Yescombe correspondent warned) that for safe keeping (!) =
Somerset's wills were sent down to Exeter in Devon during World War II. =
There, ironically, the vast majority were destroyed in the bombing, =
while Taunton got through the war relatively unscathed. I'm going to =
call into SRO anyway next week; some wills, apparently, had been =
previously transcribed, and I'm going to look through their catalogues, =
just on the off-chance that they may have some of family relevance. I =
will bear my fellow researchers family data (that I know of) in mind as =
I search, but if I find any of your lost inheritances, I will expect a =
goodly share!
=20
All the best,
=20
Sue
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>According to Pamela Slocombe (<EM>Mark: =
a Somerset=20
Moorland Village</EM>, p.83) Robert Yescombe Chapman's will was proved =
in 1837=20
(citing DT Hawkings <EM>Index to Somerset Wills</EM>, =
1995).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Edward Yescombe's fascinating note =
suggests a=20
possible reason for the older Sabra Chapman's birth in 1779 not being =
registered=20
in Wedmore, i.e. the impending sale of Robert Yescombe's lands, which =
may have=20
obliged his tenant Philip Chapman to move elsewhere. </FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:sue.avalon@btopenworld.com"=20
title=3Dsue.avalon@btopenworld.com>Richard Hembury-Kellow</A> </DIV>
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title=3Dwedmore@lists.tutton.org>wedmore@lists.tutton.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 29, 2002 =
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WED]CHAPMAN and =
LEIGH</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Being suitably refreshed by three =
hours sleep, I=20
rang the Somerset Record Office this afternoon, and they confirmed (as =
my kind=20
Mr?Ms?Yescombe correspondent warned) that for safe keeping (!) =
Somerset's=20
wills were sent down to Exeter in Devon during World War II. =
There,=20
ironically, the vast majority were destroyed in the bombing, while =
Taunton got=20
through the war relatively unscathed. I'm going to call into SRO =
anyway=20
next week; some wills, apparently, had been previously transcribed, =
and I'm=20
going to look through their catalogues, just on the off-chance that =
they may=20
have some of family relevance. I will bear my fellow researchers =
family=20
data (that I know of) in mind as I search, but if I find any of your =
lost=20
inheritances, I will expect a goodly share!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Sue</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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