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Issue #8
British Library
As you know I have for some time been trying to get access to a Shardelow pedigree held by the BL, I contacted their copying
department by E-mail only to be told they could not supply it and a private research agent quoted me 50 to obtain a copy! Not
knowing if it contained anything we did not already know I did not feel justified in spending that amount. Recently I visited the BL
web site for information about obtaining a Readers Ticket and E-mailed them a application which required me to state the reason
for wanting one. Within hours I received a reply from the manager of the Document Department telling me the department would
be closing in two days until the New Year but if I could go the next day (Friday) I could get a One Day Ticket and would be able to see this document Unfortunately I was not able do this so once again we must wait.
Apparently the closure is to allow the department to move from its present location to the new British Library building near St Pancras station.
The good news is that when they reopen I shall be able to get a copy of the pedigree for about 12 which is cheaper than making a journey to London to get one.
New Shardelow family
Some time ago I mentioned that my postal shot to names in the telephone directory had contacted a branch in Wales who, so far,
do not seem to be connected to the Norfolk family. Gwyn Shardelow corresponds with me on behalf of his brother and their
mother. His father, who died in 1995, had done considerable work on their family history and had compiled a "tree" going back to
his 2x great grandfather. I am attaching a copy of this stopping with Gwyn's father in accordance my policy not to publish details
of living persons . Mr. Shardelow could not trace the family further back than 1790 because he was told the the parish records
had been destroyed during the London Blitz I told Gwyn that it might still be possible to go further back if he could tell me the
name of the church and the Bishops Transcripts for that church still existed. He has recently told me it was thought to have
been dedicated to St. Olave, I wrote to Lambeth Palace Library who tell me that the records of a church of that name (there
were at least three in London) were badly damaged during the war and those that remain are in the Guildhall Library. With such
an uncommon name I feel any entries for it will probably be related so I hope to extract all of them and see what can be put together.
A strange sequel to this is that I have a reference to a deed in the Public Record Office, dated 28 May 1343 it refers to a Roger de Schardelawe, rector of St Olave, Selverstrete.
Silver Street was the address of the St.Olaves refered to above, could it be that the name has persisted in this area for almost 450 years? Some of the surviving registers go back to 1561 so it should be possible to get some indication of this although it is very unlikely, given the fragmented nature of the remaining records, that a direct line can be traced.
Some time ago Sandy Nixon made contact with a Ron Shardelow from South Africa but living in the USA, at the time he expressed interest and sent Sandy some information including a copy of this pedigree but with no indication of how or if it was connected to his family. Since that initial response he has failed to reply to communications.
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