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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=125 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="096467d1excwnc.gif"> <div> <B>TULL'S CORNER  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Cezanne" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TULLS CORNER"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>TULL'S from across the Pond</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Cezanne" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> European</div> <bR> <div>                                                                    <IMG SRC="1efe2700.gif" border=0 width="226" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                        </div> <bR> <div> <B>In 1998  my husband and I visited Midgham, Berkshire, England and had the good fortune to meet  local Tull researchers who have been most helpful in providing information from the area.  They also took us on a tour of homes that had once either belonged to or had been lived in by Tulls.  The above is a beautiful thatched roof home which was one of these homes.  Although we have not found our direct link of our emigrants in Richard Tull, Elder of the Hill,  there are some areas that are still being  researched.  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                      <IMG SRC="0bbc17f0.gif" border=0 width="193" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>BUTTON COURT FARM - HOME OF RICHARD TULL,  ELDER OF THE HILL</B></div> <div> <B>This picture was taken in 1998 and we were told that it had not changed much over the years, </B></div> <div> <B>it still had not been moderized.  It is located in Midgham, Berkshire Co, England</B></div> <div> <B>Richard Tull</B><B>, Elder of the Hill, died Oct 20 1594 in Thatcham, Berkshire, England</B></div> <div> <B>       Wife:  Margaret "Margery" Unkn</B><B>own Tull, died Oct 10, 1598, Thatcham, Berkshire, England.  They had 10 known children.</B></div> <div>   </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Calligraph421 BT" ><B>I</B></FONT><B>n </B><B><U>The Place-Names of BERKSHIRE, Volume XLIX by Margaret Gelling</U></B></div> <div> <B>Page 255-256 Midgham</B></div> <div> <B>Midgham, Probably 'riverside meadow infested by midges'</B></div> <div> <B>In the listings is</B></div> <div> <B>BUTTON COURT, Thomas Butun is mentioned in years 1260-1 FF in connection with Midgham</B></div> <div> <B>Page 153 under BLEWBURY</B></div> <div> <B>A field name is listed :Buttons Croft and Meadow (Buttons Close, Crofte, Mylls and Sleyes 1548 LRMB, Buttons Sleyes, Mylnes and Londes 1576</B></div> <div>                                    </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>There is a new street in Berkshire County called " Tull Way"  a copy is included on each page as below  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Calligraph421 BT" ><A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Birth Index"><U><B>BIRTHS</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id399.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Deaths"><U><B>DEATHS</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Tree Index"><U><B>DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD TULL "ELDER OF THE HILL"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directories"><U><B>DIRECTORIES</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Marriages AG"><U><B>MARRIAGES</B></U></A><A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Marriages AG"><U><B> A-G</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id401.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Marriages HP"><U><B>MARRIAGES H-P</B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id402.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Marriages QZ"><U><B>MARRIAGES Q-Z</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id403.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Misc Entries This n That"><U><B>MISC</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums European"><U><B>PHOTOS</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Profiles"><U><B>PROFILES</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Wills"><U><B>WILLS</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                                                                  </FONT>  <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-1586/aniGif.gif" alt="Email" border="0" align="bottom" width="49" height="53">  </U></A></div> <bR> <div>                                                                             <IMG SRC="0a283110.gif" border=0 width="131" height="17" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>                                                                        <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Site under construction</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>