Though the early parish registers don’t exist, we have a few clues that help us piece together a brief outline of the Lagden family through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Continue reading
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The Will of Robert Lagden of Shalford
Thatched Cottage, Church End, Shalford, Essex
In the name of God amen. The 18th day of the month of January the year of our Lord God 1566, and in the 9th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God, queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith; I Robert Lagden of the town and parish of Shalford and in the county of Essex, husbandman, Continue reading