Whitminster / Wheatenhurst (General)

by MPGriffiths , Thursday, May 01, 2025, 15:06 (14 days ago) @ Bradley Tingle

? 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....