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- British Roots of Maryland Families II "The Sorrell Family" References: A: Robert J. C. K. Lewis wrote: Lewis Patriarchs of Early Virginian and Maryland, with some Arms and Origins, no place: The Author, 1989. and B: "Sorrell (No. 1)" Harleian Society Publications, Visitation Series. (HSPV) 13:490 and C: "Sorrell (No 2)" HSPV 13:491
Heraldic Visitations of Britain
These records are invaluable to anyone researching English ancestry
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Mar 7, 2007 posted by Darlene Vaillancourt
Between 1500 and the late 1600s, heralds visited regions throughout Britain and Wales, recorded pedigrees and family history in order to establish proper use of arms.
If you are doing any genealogical research in the UK, particularly in the 1500-1650 date range, you will find the Harleian Society's heraldic visitations to be of enormous value.
Between the years 1530 and 1688, heralds travelled through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, collecting family records in order to establish pedigrees and ancestry relationships. For some locations, there was only one visit, but many large regions had two or three of them. My own family comes from Cheshire, and there are visitations for 1580, 1613 and 1663.
This project was actually undertaken because of a rampant misuse of coats of arms, and declarations of nobility. In 1530, King Henry VIII gave warrant to Thomas Benolt to begin the official visits and to determine if arms were being used illegally. The visiting heralds and their deputies even had the authority to deface monuments if the proper proof was not presented for their use.
The contents of the visitations are a mix of narrative description for each family, as well as actual drawn pedigree charts. Large families were divided up and different branches were labelled by their locations with the region. Though relationships were clearly outlined, birth and death dates were not frequently recorded since they were not necessary for the specific task at hand. Illustrations of family crests were usually included.
The visitations are not infallible. The records that were presented by the nobles may have been incorrect or perhaps just recorded wrong by the heralds. I have examined my own family history in the Cheshire visitations for 1580 and 1613 and found discrepancies between them. Namely, one pair of men are recorded in 1580 as father and son, but in 1613 they are shown as being brothers.
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“HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES” Volume I by John Boddie
A John, Robert and Richard Sorel registered at Oxford University between 1273-1300. They may have been students from France. A search of the English Calender of the State Papers should reveal how long the family resided in England before the time of first William Sorrell in the Visitations.
Parish registers of Great Dunmow, Essex, Marriages 1558-1800.
1567 June 28 John Sorrel and Tomazine Bankes
1577 Sept 8 Gregory Cooke and Margery Sorrell
1599 Apr 23 John Sorrell and Mary Paules (High Easter)
1605 Nov 21 Andrew Earle and Margery Sorrell
1611 Oct 7 Constantine Livermer and Agnes Sorrell
1626 July Richard Clark and Susan Sorrell
1643 Nov 22 Richard Sorrell and Rebecca Woodward
1788 Jan 1 Richard Sorrell (Aythorp Roding) and Anne Bernard. Lic
One Ancestry tree lists:
William Sorrell
Birth 1480 in High Eston, Essex, England
Death 1556 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Birth 1480 High Eston, Essex, England
Death 1556 — Age: 76 Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Marriage to Caroline Clement 1490 - Gt. Leighs, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Thomas Sorrell 1452 –
Mrs.Thomas Sorell 1456 –
Son:
Thomas Sorrell 1510 – 1582
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