re: #522 vagabond trader

He had a way of handling Parliament too. He rarely called it, lol. Quite a fascinating character, plus you know he had Welsh connections too! One of my friends is descended from him through a mistress.

Wow!
Thats really interesting!
Family history can turn up some incredible stuff - my husband’s aunt was the ‘keeper’ - and she traced connections back to Roger Mortimer, the lover of Isabella, wife of Edward II …