Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Reports from Commissioners https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en Reports from Commissioners (reply) Great resource-thanks for the link. A very brief search found the charity part- founded by brother of an Ambery ancestor. I knew about it already but more detail is always interesting.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=41923 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=41923 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:21:40 +0000 Generalrhianonturrell Reports from Commissioners Found this book on

Google Books


http://www.books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZTZbAAAAQAAJ


Covers the Forest of Dean area - re: peoples Wills left to Charity (snippets of 17 & 18th century Wills)


Search for e.g. Flaxley - up comes part of a page - click on this to get the full pages etc.


It's readable page by page - lots of local surnames and places


Hundred of Blidesloe, Awre, Aylburton, Bream, Hundred of St Briavells, English Bicknor, Little Dean, Flaxley, Hewlesfield, Mitchell Dean, Newland, Bream, Ruardean, Staunton, Newnham, Tidenham, Westbury on Severn, Woolastone, Lea (with a Thomas NOURSE) etc.

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=41915 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=41915 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:35:55 +0000 Generalm p griffiths