Brilliant ! Thanks so much for that - and I see Overmonnow is indeed part of Monmouth, so Francis must have gone back to the FOD and presumably married a local girl, before heading off back to Cirencester again.

East Bicknor - indeed, an inky mess on the form, but can't see what else it could be - the guy has left himself short of space after putting in 'Bristol' below Durdham Downs' - "Where on earth is that ? Oh well, I'd better put'Bristol' in ubderneath...." - hence the abbreviation 'East Bick.')

Thanks again m.p.g - gaps being filled all over the place, and definitely more 'on topic' for the FOD forum than I had expected !