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I've found the 1500's probably the easiest part of the family tree Carl. For some strange reason the local Tysoe records were very well kept around that time. In the 1500's there was the main family pair with 3 sons & a daughter. 1 son went to the US, one son went to Europe & one son stayed in Tyseo (my forefather). The daughter married & her decendants now live in NZ & I have been in contact with them.
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I know what you mean. One of my family lines has really good records back to 1320, then it dies in the rear, a bit, for a century and a half, then picks up again around 1170-80. Seems strange things like that happen, where records seem to drop off for a time then pick up again. Although it all depends on what's happening in the world at the time.
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My father (90yo) has 2 pig skin scrolls, which are deeds to land in Tysoe that was given to our family by the then King. Can't recall the date on them. I think it's around the 1700's. The land is no longer in or family, but I still have the scrolls with the royal wax seal on them.
One of Dad's predecessors was also a very well known artist of his time. He was once commissioned to paint a picture of the King & 2 Knights feasting at the table. There were 2 "originals" painted. 1 is hanging in the London Art Gallery, the other is hanging on Mum & Dad's lounge wall.
The authorities don't know which was painted first & therefore the actual "original".
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Those scrolls and the painting would be amazing family heirlooms, something worth passing down through the generations!!!. I hope they're insured. It'd be a national disaster losing something like that or seeing them ruined by being damaged.
That's a great family story about early Brisbane and the house your grandmother lived in. They were real pioneers...something to be proud of.