Category Archives: Fowle

The Mansers: a tentative family tree

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Yesterday I drew up a timeline for my seventeenth-century Byne ancestors from Sussex. Today, with a little more trepidation, I’m doing something similar for my Manser forebears, whose history is closely intertwined with the Bynes. A reminder: according to Walter … Continue reading →

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A Byne timeline

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

To help me keep track of my emerging Byne family tree, I’ve drawn up a timeline of the births, marriages and deaths of my direct ancestors – and put them in the context of key national events. A reminder: Mary … Continue reading →

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Edward Byne and the Fowle family

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Yesterday’s post explored the immediate family of my maternal 9 x great grandfather, Magnus Byne (1615 -1671), Rector of Clayton-cum-Keymer in Sussex. I established that Magnus was the second of six children of Stephen Byne, a yeoman of Burwash, Sussex, … Continue reading →

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