Shared stuff
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Books and articles/Parish records/ News cuttings/Obituaries/Letters with family information/Wills - see below.
New! Will of 1586 - see bottom of page! Document B/C/11 Durust, Richard of Bromshulf 1586 Reproduced with the kind permission of Lichfield Record Office with a trascription by Margaret Whitehurst nee Durose
The Stuff
Books and articles
Suggestions from David Durose, with his comments. These are mostly about Henry VII's time and give context to his theory that the Duroses had French origins.
1 The Making of the Tudor Dynasty by Griffiths and Thomas
This is a good read and covers Henry's period in Brittany well. It is
also available in many public libraries in England.
2 The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by W H Hamilton
Rogers
This is a wonderful old book that takes the form of a 19th century train
journey through the West Country in search of traces of the heroes of
Bosworth. Original copies are expensive but you can still get modern paperbacks
and it is on Google Books. Contains a drawing of the tomb of RW at Callington
3 The King’s Army into the Partes of Bretaigne’: Henry VII
and the Breton Wars, 1489–1491. John M. Currin
This historical article is available as a download. It is full of detail
on Willoughby's time in Brittany and is full of original sources - Letters
between Willoughby and the various parties including Duchess Anne. (Jean
du Ros became her War Treasurer a decade later). The article argues that
Henry Tudor's commitment to Brittany after Bosworth has always been underestimated.
4 Son of Prophesy by David Rees
This book gives the details of Henry Tudor's Welsh origins and examines
how important they were in the lead up to Bosworth.
5 The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty: Henry VII and the Lords Willoughby
de Broke. D. A. Luckett
This historical article can be downloaded, but it is relatively expensive
and does not shed much light on the Willoughby connections with Bramshall.
It uses Robert Willoughby as an example of a man who could rise to the
highest position through the trust and patronage of a king and his son
as an example of the reverse process.
Merton Priory Press Ltd link Independent publisher.
Parish records
Listed so far: Checkley Church Durose records.
Obituaries and news of deaths from newspapers
Cuttings
Obituaries on the internet
For a comprehensively depressing, and long, read, search 'durose obituary' on google or link to search results obtained on 03 Jan 2012
Links and information sources
Staffordshire Records Office http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/homepage.aspx
Staffordshire County Council
Eastgate Street
Stafford ST16 2LZ
Tel: 01785-278396 (M,W,F); 01543-510720 (Tu, Th)
Derbyshire Record Society http://www.derbyshirerecordsociety.org/
Notes: letters, searches and miscellaneous.
Wills
Samuel Durose 1842
Richard Durust: 1586 Will and Inventory of Richard Durust of Bromshulf dated 1586
Document B/C/11 Durust, Richard of Bromshulf 1586
Reproduced with the kind permission of Lichfield Record Office. Photo
of Will. Photo
of Inventory. Photocopy of Will and Photocopy of Inventory (to be
addeed soon). Transcription into
modern script. Durose.org is grateful to Margaret Whitehurst (nee Durose)
for bringing this to the site with her transcription. We are also grateful
to Andrew George, Principal Archivist, Staffordshire Record Office both
for his kind help and permission to reproduce the document here.
