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Identifying Various Tilseds in Poole and Surrounding Areas
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Tilseds in Bere Regis, Dorset, 1581 - 1640
Pilots of Poole, Dorset
Identifying Various Tilseds Named in the Lester Diaries between 1768 and 1799
Some Tilsed Lives in 18th and 19th Century Court Records
A Brief Exploration of the "Lives" included in the Narrative of John Tilsed (1747 - 1834)
Letter - John Tilsed to Sub- ( Read more... ) -
Letter - John Tilsed to Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage, Poole, 1858
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Return to Identifying Various Tilseds in Poole and Surrounding AreasDuring my recent visit to Poole History Centre, I found an unsourced photocopy version of a letter from my 4g-grandfather, John Tilsed (1785-1862), to the Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage for the Port of Poole ( Read more... ) -
Notes - James Wickenden of Canterbury (c1796 - 1873)
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Other Notes and Essays From My ResearchJames Wickenden married Elizabeth Cook in Canterbury on 29th September 1833. Elizabeth was sister to my 3g-grandfather, John Cook. Elizabeth and John were the youngest two children of their parents' family of twelve, and their older sister Sarah had married a Thomas Wickenden in 1822 ( Read more... ) -
Julia Ellen STENT (1830 - ????)
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Return to NarrativesJulia was sister to my 3g-grandfather, James William Stent, and to the significant Victorian sinologist, George Carter Stent. They lived in Canterbury in Kent where their father was a Market Gardener ( Read more... ) -
ROGER TILSED (1696 - 1739)
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This narrative begins with the assumption that three men named Roger Tilsed - the 1696-christened son of Roger Tilsed and his wife Ann née Harvey; the husband of Frances and father of Martha, Roger and Thomas; and the 1732 Trinity Fishing Admiral and master of the Benjamin; are all the same person ( Read more... ) -
Will of Thomas Tilsed of Poole, Sail Maker
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This last Will and Testament of me Thomas Tilsed of the Town & County of Poole Sail Maker being under bodily affliction but of sound memory and understanding & knowing the uncertainty of this life do make this my last will and testament that is to say
I nominate Robert Miller, Cooper, & George Harrison ( Read more... ) -
Identifying Various Tilseds Named in the Lester Diaries between 1768 and 1799
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BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTIONThe Poole merchants, brothers Isaac and Benjamin Lester, kept diaries over a number of years in which they detailed their business dealings and aspects of their everyday lives. Between them Isaac and Benjamin covered the years ( Read more... ) -
Life of Anthony Wayte of Wimborne Minster and Poole, Dorset
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Return to NarrativesI have put together this brief narrative for Anthony Wayte, not for any particular interest in the man himself, but because William Gould, in whom I am interested, named him as an Overseer in his will. Anthony also witnessed William's will, and there are various other connections which will be detailed ( Read more... ) -
Financial Effects of the Death of Nicholas Humfrey sr in January 1618/19
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When Nicholas Humfrey of Wimborne Minster died in January 1619, the consequences went a lot further than the grief of his family. According to Oxford historian Charles Cornish-Dale, Humfrey owed £3,000 at his death but only left £300 in his will for settling his debts. Many people ( Read more... )