Current work plans for 2020

​Having lectured in Australia for much of last autumn, 2020 is proving to be a time of consolidation and catching up on domestic projects.

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies

Hythe, the Head Cinque Port

Canterbury probate index, 1700-1858

Latin for beginners at Blean Village Hall

I am currently translating a series of interesting borough charters for the Kentish Cinque Port town of Hythe, all from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, and typically a rich source of placenames and surnames.

My consolidated Canterbury probate index, 1700-1858, draws together both wills and administrations as well as the relevant PCC wills form the supreme court in London. It will be sorted by surname, address/parish and occupation, and should prove a fruitful source for local researchers. It will appear on my website later this year.

I am delighted to announce that from August I shall take up a new position as Principal at the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury. The Institute is strongly focussed on education and achievement by examination results, of which there is already an impressive run over many years.

​In September I shall start teaching classical Latin for beginners at Blean Village Hall near Canterbury. Full details will appear in the U3A summer programme. Do come and learn the basics which will of course be exceptionally useful for looking at many earlier genealogical documents.

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The Institute

Hythe Cinque Port

Kent Probate Indexes

Latin Classes

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