Copy of Ancient Scroll Charts Seven Centuries of Tilney Family History in Part of Fenland

The following teaser is from an article posted in the September 10, 2012 edition of http://www.elystandard.co.uk:

WHAT have a land-owning dynasty dating back to the Domesday Book, a templar knight who died in the crusades, Anne Boleyn’s grand-mother and Queen Elizabeth 1 got in common..? They all have links to one quiet corner of the Fens.

And now a copy of a priceless parchment scroll, charting seven centuries of family history in and around the village of Tilney All Saints, is set to go on display in its 12th Century church.

Compiled from 1640 onwards, the scroll charts the geneaology of the Tylney or Tilney family. It begins in the 1060s, with Fredericus de Tylney, brother of the powerful Abbot Baldwin of Bury.

Fredericus, who is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Frodo de Tylney, was given extensive lands across East Anglia after the Norman Conquest of 1066. One descendent – Frederick de Tilney – was knighted by Richard I and died in the Crusades.

During the 15th Century, the scroll also reveals a direct link to Queen Elizabeth I from the Tilney family, via her mother Anne Boleyn’s grandmother, Elizabeth Tilney.

Read the full article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

One Reply to “Copy of Ancient Scroll Charts Seven Centuries of Tilney Family History in Part of Fenland”

  1. They have something very similiar to this in a Scottsdale, Arizona European Antiques store (www.relicsaz.com) for sale. It dates from the middle ages.

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