Last night I decided to work on my Great Grandma Hastings family, and got about to 1340 A.D., and much to my surprise, I am a niece of King Henry VI. Everyone has someone in their family that is famous, just sometimes its not the famous type you would like to have.
I also looked for my boyfriend who has been told since he was a teenager that he is related to Outlaw Jesse James, he too wasn't quite sure how to take that, or to be real happy about it. But I found it, they are distant cousins, just not so distantly, only by about 125 years.
As I was digging for my own ancestry, a lot of the deaths were at Tower of London, that gave me a very unsettled feeling. Mostly sadness, I am sure it was due to the King, he seemed to be a very difficult man. My own GGGGGGrandmother was beheaded by his order, and for that, just makes me sad, I am still working on trying to find out why she was beheaded, she was only 54 years old.
In that time era, it seemed common place to find you guilty and then behead you. Which I find ironic, since today's society its, you are found guilty, but then can spend the rest of your life in jail at the expense of others. Maybe the King did have a point, maybe if you were truly guilty of what he said, off with your head, and be done with you. But a lot of the crimes people committed were stealing food because they were poor, or not affording the taxes, and lastly, religious views, some wanted to remain Catholic, and others didn't, Hence the introduction of Protestants...
As I dig more into the how's and why's of my ancient family, I will post my findings. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask,
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