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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
Subject: Re: King's Kinsfolk: Richard II's kinsman, Edmund Stafford
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:33:24 GMT
References: <2b4.adf5ef.30bb4a08@aol.com> <1133135774.710651.229500@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <dmdhfn$t2r$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>


In message of 28 Nov, "Todd A. Farmerie" <> wrote:

> Actually, Peter constructed the relationships based on contemporary
> records, without reference to nor intention of verifying the accuracy of
> any Visitation. If the Visitations require contemporary records to
> 'verify' them, and those same contemporary records stand very well on
> their own without the visitations, it does make one wonder about the
> relative value of the visitations.

As a finding aid. To tell you what to look for. People and events to
find confirmation of - or not, of course.

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