I can't imagine this event taking place for another ten years, if ever, so now's your chance. Some Have Thank you to the two people who responded to my request for copies of your old birth marriage and death certificates. They have already made a significant addition to the collection. There must be lots more out there, so please, over the Christmas holiday, look them out and send me copies of any that you think might be relevant. The University of London has asked whether I would be prepared to collaborate in a study to test the DNA of about 10-12 males who can trace their lines back into the mediaeval period.
Mouth swabs only.
Clearly we can't do that in a certain line, only going back to the 1600's. But as we have a very tight geographic origin, and a very rare surname, it may be that our name is chosen to participate in the study. They are trying to find out the spread and origin of families. The Heavitree Family John Lucraft, baptised 1760, was the grandson of Nicholas Luccroft who we believe was married in Farringdon, in 1691. Farringdon is a little chapel almost without a village these days, though there is a big school nearby.