The 6th Issue of our magazine just happens to coincide with the Jubilee
celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years as Monarch of the United
Kingdom. Our families have seen plenty of Kings and Queens coming and
going over the years so we thought it might be interesting to list them,
starting just before the time of William Stentiford's land Lease in 1464. It's
interesting too, to see how family Christian names were often inspired by that
of a King or Queen.
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Henry VI 1422
- 1461
Edward
IV 1461 - 1470
Henry VI 1470
Edward
IV 1471 - 1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483
- 1485
Henry VII 1485
- 1509
Henry VIII 1509
- 1547
Edward VI 1547
- 1553
Mary 1553 -
1558
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Elizabeth I 1558
- 1603
James I 1603
- 1625
Charles I 1625
- 1649
Charles II 1660
- 1685
James II 1685
- 1688
William III 1689
- 1702
Ann 1702 -
1714
George I 1714
- 1727
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George II 1727
- 1760
George III 1760
- 1820
George IV 1820
- 1830
William IV 1830
- 1837
Victoria 1837
- 1901
Edward VII 1901
- 1910
George V 1910
- 1936
Edward VIII 1936
George VI 1936
- 1952
Elizabeth II 1952
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Our webmaster ran out of time this month - the Jubilee has
caused the re-timing of school leaving examinations with which he has been very
involved. We apologise for this Issue being a little shorter and a little later
than usual. Our Guest article is held over until next month - at some point
we'll be having a bumper edition to make up!
Does anyone have a Zephania Stentiford on their Family Tree? We came across her
unusual name on her Apprenticeship Indenture among South Tawton's Parish
Papers. She was the subject of a Binding Order in 1825 to John Potter at Carter's
Mills in South Tawton. At that time she was said to be 9 years old, making her birth date
1815/16-ish but there is no trace of a baptism at that time in the Parish
Register.
If you've received your Devon Family History Society Magazine by now, you will have
read the news about the proposed abolition of our current system of Birth, Marriage and
Death Certification - if not, we'll be summarising the implications for Family
Historians in a future Issue.
Keep in touch.
