Possible murder and name change of Meek surname (General)

by mariane, Monday, December 08, 2008, 01:38 (5902 days ago)

Hi from Australia everyone, my family name is Meek, but we believe there was a name change after a murder ? in the Forest o Dean, I was wondering if there is a list of crimes etc anywhere, there was a will but because the name was changed to Meek we cannot verify this, we do know it included land in Wales (where a lot of the Meeks finished up) was in the Will,eldest son to eldest son, something to do with a land grant, I did see many years back a hereldry book that stated the Abbotts of Cuper granted land to a Meake,any ideas where I start, the family names are Robert James Thomas John and Albert, regards Mariane Miller Australia