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Amongst the many websites visited and information garnered are the following: to the makers of these and other sites which have made a contribution to my own research are:
Wilson family
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/DarlingtonStCuthbertsBoer.html
Gives information about members of the Wilson family who died in the Boer War
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Manfield/Manfield90.html
Gives information about the Wilsons of Cliffe Hall, and the history of Cliffe, N. Yorks
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/1858b.html
Gives some information on the Bolithos of Cornwall, who married into the Wilson family
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FIENNES.htm#Richard%20FIENNES%20(4%B0%20B.%20Saye%20and%20Sele)
A genealogy with early members of the Fiennes family
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/fedocs.asp?FER=F5463
A list of papers held in West Yorkshire Archive Service pertaining to Wilsons of Seacroft Hall
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conqueror/genealogy_html/i1215.html#i43252
A genealogy containing descendants of John Murrough Wilson
http://thepeerage.com/p6054.htm
A genealogy containing some descendants of Richard Bassett Wilson
Hopkins family
http://yarchive.net/macaulay/history/chapter_XII.html
Historical article on the background to Ezekiel Hopkins in Ireland
http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/1219.php
Extracts from Pepys’ diary, giving information on Lord Robartes (father in law to Ezekiel Hopkins) and his family
http://www.apuritansmind.com/Baptism/HopkinsEzekielDoctrineSacramentInfantBaptism.htm
From the writings of Ezekiel Hopkins
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22714&strquery=bristol
Historical article about Hopkins’ early career as a non-conformist in Hackney with Spurstow
http://www.fullbooks.com/Gossip-in-a-Library2.html
Edmund Gosse’s thoughts on the life and works of John Hopkins, son of Ezekiel Hopkins
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/qr/roberts01.htm
A Robartes genealogy - (Aramintha Robartes was Ezekiel Hopkins’ second wife)
http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/anthologies/nichol2.htm
Contains a short article on Charles Hopkins, writer and son of Ezekiel Hopkins
http://www.fullbooks.com/The-History-of-England-from-the-Accession-ofx30713.html
Another historical article giving the background to the problems encountered by Bishop Ezekiel Hopkins in Ireland
http://members.execulink.com/~eacott/newpage8.htm
Information on Ecott/Eacott, who were ancestors of the Vyners, connected to the Hopkins family through Ezekiel Hopkins’ first wife Alicia Moore
http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/april/13.htm
Some historical background on Sir Robert Vyner, Lord Mayor of London
http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/pdf/gs_history.pdf
A history of the Goldsmiths’ Company, giving background and information on Sir Thomas Vyner, Lord Mayor of London
Clifford and Clifton families
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/family/clifford.html
A short history of the Clifford family
http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/bruce1906/contents.htm
The Clifton Book, giving a history of the Clifton family of Clifton, Notts.
http://www.proweb.co.uk/~roymat/cliftonf/cliftonf.html
A short history of the Clifton family
Murray Family
http://www.borderreivers.co.uk/Border%20Stories/Mucle%20M%20M.htm
Material on Sir Gideon Murray, his daughter Muckle Mou’d Meg & the legends about her, and background about the wild Scottish Borders region.
http://groups.msn.com/ANCIENTMURRAYGENEALOGY/murrayofphiliphaugh.msnw
Genealogy and brief information about very early Murrays, allegedly from Burke’s Peerage
http://eserver.org/fiction/the-antiquary.txt
An online edition of Walter Scott’s “The Antiquary”, containing references to Sir Gideon Murray
http://www.blae.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I33181&tree=Douglas1&PHPSESSID=919fc7a774f80fd70430a82b0c50d849
A genealogy of the Dundas family: Elizabeth Dundas married Patrick, 1st Lord Elibank, and was mother to Patrick, 2nd Lord Elibank.
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1660.html
A timeline of the Civil War, giving historical background to the lives of the 1st and 2nd Lords Elibank and the 2nd Lord Stewart of Traquair.
http://www.electricscotland.com/HISTORY/men/murray_patrick.htm
Potted biography of Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank
http://www.cameron-site.com/Private%20Site/jacobite_threat_3.html
Historical material on Jacobitism, with reference to the Elibank plot.
http://gutenberg.teleglobe.net/1/0/4/5/10451/10451.txt
Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Volume 5, which extensively refers to Patrick, 5th Lord Elibank, who was a friend of Johnson.
http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-robert-holmes
Article on Sir Robert Holmes, the famous Admiral from the Isle of Wight, who was the ancestor of James Patrick Murray Junior’s wife Elizabeth Rushworth
http://freespace.virgin.net/iw.history/yarmouth/history.htm
A History of Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) with many references to the Holmes family, from whom was descended Elizabeth Rushworth, who married James Patrick Murray Junior
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_detach.html#duoro
An account of the Douro campaign, under the leadership of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, during which campaign James Patrick Murray Junior badly damaged his arm, rendering it useless thenceforth.
http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/ballencrieff-history.htm
A history of Ballencrieff Castle in Scotland, for many years the home of the Murrays of Elibank
http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/traquhist.html
A history of the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, and the home of the Stewarts of Traquair
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/stewarts.htm
A history of the Stewarts of Traquair
http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/sitepages/rokings1.asp
Kings of Scotland page
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/hardiehistory/FamilyHistory/other/isabellatodd.htm
Another Kings of Scotland page
http://thepeerage.com/p10478.htm#i104777
A large royal genealogy site: veracity unknown
http://www.stirnet.com/
A source for quite a lot of the ancient trees on this site (including Clifton, Clifford, some ancestors of Stewart of Traquair, etc.
Bermudan Relatives
http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/copelandgen.htm
A tree showing the descendants of Patrick Copland
http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/smithgen1.htm
A tree showing the descendants of William Smith
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~bossert/mpintro.html
The story of Mary Prince, the slave whose plight was used by the Society for the Abolition of Slavery to publicize the iniquities of slavery, and whose most notorious and cruel owners were Mr. and Mrs. Ingham, who were of the same family as Samuel Saltus Ingham Snr. and Jnr.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/conyersgen3.htm
Another Bermudan tree
http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/witches.htm
An interesting article on witchcraft in Bermuda
http://www.bahamas-rental.com/eleuthera.html
A history of Eleuthera, where Patrick Copland set up his idealistic community, and where another distant female relative was banished for adultery.
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1825c.htm
A record of the shipping activities of John Leaycraft
Badnall Family
http://www.isd.salford.ac.uk/library/resources/special/badnall.pdf
A list of the material in Salford University referring to Richard Badnall Jnr. and his undulating railway
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22911
Material on the silk industry in Leek, and the vital role played by the Badnall family business
http://bednallarchive.info/
Authoritative site on the Badnall/Bednall family: I am most indebted to Alan Bednall for his help and generosity in sharing materials on the family.
Hurlock Family
http://www.motorsnippets.com/cars/AC_centenary/index1.htm
Some background on AC Motors, the Cobra and the Hurlock family
http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/archive/display.var.136276.0.bite_of_the_cobra.php
Some background on AC Motors, the Cobra and the Hurlock family
Sites too numerous to mention have been visited and information gleaned on the subject of ancient and royal genealogies: information from these has not been substantiated or checked. This site is grateful to receive any information about incorrect information on it.
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