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Farnham and Surrounding Villages
The Willmer Family – Part Two
A collaboration of Sheila Kleiman and Roger White. In Part One, we saw that the Willmer Family originally had no association with Willmer House in
Sheila Kleiman
17/04/2026
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Thomas and Jane Burch of Petersfield, Hampshire (1700’s)
Thomas Burch wrote his Will on 1 March 1775 and he died in Petersfield at the end of May 1777, age 59. He had lived
Sheila Kleiman
12/04/2026
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Harry Clapp (M.B.E.): Royal Air Force Warrant Officer
Born 14 January 1912 in St Thomas Parish, Exeter, Devon: CLAPP, HARRY (Mother’s maiden name: WOTTON) GRO Reference: 1912 M Quarter in ST. THOMAS Volume
Sheila Kleiman
06/03/2025
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Ambrose Mathew of Odiham, Hampshire~ 1572
Upton Grey Manor: 1467 ~ Sir Henry Grey of Codnor, Derbyshire sold Upton Manor to Sir Richard Illingworth, (Baron of the Exchequer of Henry VI.)
Sheila Kleiman
23/10/2023
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Secretary Hand Script – The Tool of Record Keepers for Centuries
SECRETARY HAND: “Basic advice for reading secretary hand: 1) Paleography is NOT an exact science. 2) Forget what modern letters look like. 3) Ignore modern
Sheila Kleiman
07/10/2022