Re: Bill family ,Farley hall, Staffordshire
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Re: Bill family ,Farley hall, Staffordshire
Colleen Slater 10/05/03
That oral history has some credibility,the Bills were connected to the 'Kings Printers' through John Bill you can read the timeline of it here.
http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/kingsprinter/publications/transcripts/Reader_Aids/Timeline.htmlhttp://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/kingsprinter/publications/transcripts/Reader_Aids/Timeline.html
They were also stewards/agents for the Earls of Shrewsbury.
I think the danish connection may be assumed from connections to Horsfalls? who are in folklore said to descend from the legendary Danes Horsa and Hengist.