Genealogy moves into explaining DNA and the real lives of your ancestors. Expands the quest beyond the pursuit of family tree, to before the Ice Age. Not just for those with the Palmer name but of... More > general interest, by following a family name wherever it goes. This book informs widely on the Name's origin, present distribution, and its vivid march through time and place.
The usual family tree research makes for dull reading. However, if your name is Palmer you may here encounter a vital past personal connection; for this book visits the many historic Palmers who left a memorable mark on the world.
Vikings, Crusaders, Royalty, Nobles, Bishops, Criminals, DNA, Race,
language and climate all feature in these passages of Palmer from East to West.
169 pages,large print, monochrome illustrations.< Less
Genealogy moves into explaining DNA and the real lives of your ancestors. Expands the quest beyond the pursuit of family tree, to before the Ice Age. Not just for those with the Palmer name but of... More > general interest, by following a family name wherever it goes. This book informs widely on the Name's origin, present distribution, and its vivid march through time and place.
The usual family tree research makes for dull reading. However, if your name is Palmer you may here encounter a vital past personal connection; for this book visits the many historic Palmers who left a memorable mark on the world.
Vikings, Crusaders, Royalty, Nobles, Bishops, Criminals, DNA, Race,
language and climate all feature in these passages of Palmer from East to West.
169 pages,large print, monochrome illustrations.< Less
These documents cover the 300 year history of the Palmer’s Gild up to its dissolution in 1551. Some 1,495 deeds of various kinds, mostly in Latin, some in Norman-French or English are all shown... More > in English. They demonstrate the extent of the Gild’s interests and also provide the most important source of information about the families of the town and other places, their descents, the derivations of their names and their occupations. The Gild became the leading institution in Ludlow and it supported (a) an important chantry in the parish church, (b) a college of chaplains who provided many services, both spiritual and secular, (c) building and ornamentation work in the parish church and (d) provided a kind of mutual insurance service for its members who came from all over the country, including at one time Richard, duke of York himself. The gild acquired many properties from donations, bequests and purchases and the rents financed its activities. There is a comprehensive index.< Less
These documents cover the 300 year history of the Palmer’s Gild up to its dissolution in 1551. Some 1,495 deeds of various kinds, mostly in Latin, some in Norman-French or English are all shown... More > in English. They demonstrate the extent of the Gild’s interests and also provide the most important source of information about the families of the town and other places, their descents, the derivations of their names and their occupations. The Gild became the leading institution in Ludlow and it supported (a) an important chantry in the parish church, (b) a college of chaplains who provided many services, both spiritual and secular, (c) building and ornamentation work in the parish church and (d) provided a kind of mutual insurance service for its members who came from all over the country, including at one time Richard, duke of York himself. The gild acquired many properties from donations, bequests and purchases and the rents financed its activities. There is a comprehensive index.< Less
When a young woman knocks on Palmer's front door one evening and asks him to find her an alibi for a particular evening sixteen months previously, Palmer thinks it will be a routine case.
He could... More > not have expected the case to leave a good friend fighting for her life, nor did he expect to be seduced by the charms of a masseuse.
Equally the trail of deaths that lead to the conclusion of the case could not have been foreseen.< Less
When a young woman knocks on Palmer's front door one evening and asks him to find her an alibi for a particular evening sixteen months previously, Palmer thinks it will be a routine case.
He could... More > not have expected the case to leave a good friend fighting for her life, nor did he expect to be seduced by the charms of a masseuse.
Equally the trail of deaths that lead to the conclusion of the case could not have been foreseen.< Less
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