National Union Catalog


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Includes entries for maps and atlases.







The Ketts of Norfolk


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The Kett family can trace its ancestry back to Domesday and this book provides an unbroken history of the family from the reign of William I to the end of the nineteenth century. This book details the increasing prosperity of the family while settled at Wymondham between 1200 and 1550 and the years or persecution that followed the infamous insurrection of Robert Kett in 1549. A detailed genealogical study, well indexed and with several tree charts.




A Greene Family History


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John Greene (1597-1659) emigrated in 1635 from England to Salem, Massachusetts, moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1636 with Roger Williams, and married twice (once in England). Descendants lived in New England, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in England to the early 1200s.







History and Genealogy of the Cock Cocks Cox Family


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Excerpt from History and Genealogy of the Cock Cocks Cox Family: Descended From James and Sarah Cock of Killingworth Upon Mantinecock, in the Township of Oysterbay, Long Island, New York As the type of the first edition was about to be distributed there was found to be a greater demand for the work as relating to the descendants of James Cock the Quaker ancestor, 'and as it had proved impracticable to include in the first edition a number of lineages of allied families already in preparation, it has been thought advisable to issue a further edition of 105 copies. To that which has already appeared in the first edition is added a supplement of 71 pages of new matter, for the contents of which see page 404. In this is included all the corrections. And new data regarding our Family which an active correspondence could secure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Medieval London


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Caroline M. Barron is the world's leading authority on the history of medieval London. For half a century she has investigated London's role as medieval England's political, cultural, and commercial capital, together with the urban landscape and the social, occupational, and religious cultures that shaped the lives of its inhabitants. This collection of eighteen papers focuses on four themes: crown and city; parish, church, and religious culture; the people of medieval London; and the city's intellectual and cultural world. They represent essential reading on the history of one of the world's greatest cities by its foremost scholar.