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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

William Watmer Rector of Great Comberton

In the seventeenth century it was quite common for a man who was fortunate enough to be appointed as a rector to pay  a curate to look after his parish and go off and do something altogether more agreeable or remunerative. Such a man was William Watmer, Rector of Great Comberton in Worcestershire and as […]

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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Humphrey Watmore the Elder, Burgess of Bewdley

By the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Watmores were spreading out from Shropshire, looking for new opportunities. Gradually they spread through the neighbouring county of Worcestershire. One of the early migrants was Humphrey Watmore the Elder  who went to Bewdley. Humphrey was the great x 8 grandfather of Sheila Kirk. Sheila has researched and […]

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