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From: Doug Thompson <>
Subject: Re: Ancestry of Beatrix de Braose/de Brewes (who m Hugh Shirley)
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:06:24 -0800 (PST)
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On Feb 18, 11:02 pm, Wjhonson <> wrote:
> Sorry that's an enormous stretch.
> That a woman would not know for several years... whether her husband was living or dead, even when he filed suit against her.
> Come on.  That's got to be one of the silliest things I've ever heard.
>
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> On Feb 18, 10:38 pm, Wjhonson <> wrote:
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> >  Are you saying that Peter and Joan never married ?  Or are you claiming that
>
> Joan's marriage to Alan was bigamous ?
>
> I'm not claiming anything. I'm stating that nobody has yet found
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> evidence of a divorce.
>
> Yes- unlawful marriages, including bigamy happened, especially during
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> chaotic periods when nobody was sure who was alive and who was dead!
>
> Doug Thompson
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