A 1655 document
 (L.R.O. DP397/21/17, 25 March 1654/5, Julian calendar, 1655 in the Gregorian calendar)
relevant to Colonel Richard Standish of Duxbury, Lancashire and
Captain Myles Standish of Duxbury, Massachusetts

 

Introduction (April 2004)	The full text of DP397/21/17
Catalogue L.R.O. DP397/21/ 7-19	More anomalies (and muddles?)
Initial reaction	How can we explain the low fine of £600?
DP397/21/17: 1655 document re Myles's ancestry and his Duxbury inheritance	The mysterious Gilbert in the 1657 case
Explanation of problems re Colonel Richard’s will	The crucial difference in the two cases
Who was “Alexander Standish, gent” in early 1655?	Myles’s large inheritance based on Duxbury Hall
Exclusion of Alexander Standish of Duxbury born in 1604	Myles’s small inheritance based on Ormskirk
Who was Edward May?	The future