Several years ago I visited the Derbyshire Record Office in Matlock, and one of the items I found there was the will of James Waterall, Mike’s great-great-great-grandfather. Interestingly, even though he had ten children, only eight of them were mentioned in the will. I wondered why his remaining his two daughters, Ann Waterall and Harriet Waterall Wild, were left… Continue reading A Derbyshire Breach of Promise
