Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Whitminster / Wheatenhurst

Whitminster / Wheatenhurst (reply)

MPGriffiths — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:06:00 +0000

? I'm not sure if you aware of

Men in Armour for Gloucestershire 1608. which is an online database on occupations, stature and age of 20,000 men in Gloucestershire (able to fight)

One website it is on is Coaley.net .... This does include Whitminster (Stonehouse).... There are a couple of Burdley's listed....

John BURDLEY son of William BURDLEY - tucker - A40 - tallest stature trained
John BURLDEY son of John BURDLEY - son of William BURDLEY - A20 - tallest stature.

On the website is a Help page (interpretation of Results)

A40 - shows the age of that man to be about Forty
Tallest Stature - shows the man to be of the tallest stature fit to make a pikeman

A20 - shows the age of the man to be about Twenty

etc. etc.

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The website does help show where surnames are scattered..... for example, in Rockhampton (South Glos, Berkely) there are a couple of BRADLY's listed, along in other place......

Sometimes, it is best just to put the first couple of letters of the surname in the search engine, and this brings up more results.

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My Mum's family also were from Etloe/Blakeney/Lydney - residing in Cambden in 1713..... Family names continued for many generations.

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? There is a Richard FORTEE A60 - in Blakeney A60 (age 60) etc.

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? What names did William & Ann gives their children (also what order) ? as family Christian names are a useful clue....

Whitminster / Wheatenhurst (reply)

slowhands — Thu, 01 May 2025 07:52:20 +0000

o know the reason that Whitminster records are included in the Forest of Dean FHT indexes. I know that there will be a good reason but not being a local,

Its simply one of geography - there was a reasonable flow of people across the Severn esp. Newnham to Arlingham peninsula - the Great Horseshoe Bend - and Wheatenhurst is the Registration district :-)

It is believed that the Romans built a road to Arlingham and beyond

Whitminster / Wheatenhurst

Bradley Tingle — Thu, 01 May 2025 02:14:48 +0000

I'm curious to know the reason that Whitminster records are included in the Forest of Dean FHT indexes. I know that there will be a good reason but not being a local, I need all the help that I can get to understand the connection. I know that Whitminster was across the river Severn and that there would have been boatmen in those days but what are the chances that a corn miller in Blakeney would be meeting or courting a woman from Whitminster about 1570?

My William Bradley baptised in 1543 at Awre, was a corn miller in Blakeney. I have found the baptism of his son William in 1571 in Awre but can't find the marriage of William Bradley prior to the baptism. I suspect that the bride was not from the parish of Awre as those church records have survived. From William Bradley's will I know that his wife's name was Ann and that they were still living in Blakeney in 1588.

I'm wondering what the chances are that William Bradley's marriage is the one from Whitminster 6 January 1576 with the marriage of William BURDELEY to Agnis Fords. I believe that Agnis is an interchangeable first name with Ann so in that sense, it fits.

I'm aware that few church records exist for the 1570s and that the marriage could well have taken place in a nearby parish in the FOD where records have not survived or that the young couple may have lived as man and wife without actually marrying in a church.

I don't want to add this marriage to the family story unless it seems plausible. And if it does seem plausible, I will use 'weasel words' to describe the possibility that it is their marriage. What do you think about the marriage and what was the connection between the FOD and Whitminster?

Thanks for any help you can share.
Donna