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I often wondered why both George and Frances Beaumont at Darton died in 1735 and early 1736 when he was under 40, and she only 31 or 32, and...

Please read this as a follow-up in particular to what I wrote on 10 March 2021 - https://beaumontarchives.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-twelfth-c...

One of the very few dated early references we have is the information of 23 May 1205, which I will come to at the end, relating to William, ...

I think that as at c.1220-1230) Whitley was held in effect directly from the lord of Pontefract (John de Lacy), some by the father of the Dr...

To recap - John de Montbegon did not exist, but his supposed father Roger de Montbegon certainly did exist, and the name was given in a corr...

So was there anyone called John Muncebote? Indeed there was, though it is a surname not often found, and the spelling varies. In about 1218 ...

Back now to the question:- Muncebot or Montbegon - who says what? The Muncebot camp   1. Original charter, 1232 x 1240 (if catalogue, Dodswo...