At the rear of the book is a note by his son Ralph Norman who gave she book to Sophia Plummer. who was apparently housekeeper to himself and his brother William. his will of 1852 (38) left his two sons William and Ralph Norman the tenement or public house called the King William on Nomansland, later called The Park Hotel and in 1970 renamed The Wicked Lady. They were also left land behind Butchers Close in Wheathampstead.
His sons were also instructed to hand to his brother Ralph Thrale five shillings a week for the rest of his life, and paid to him personally every Saturday. His brother was his half brother already mentioned, who was also exonerated from all debts. His sons also jointly inherited No Mans Land and the holding of Mackerye End leased from Charles Garrard. His friend Thomas Robards of Bishops Hatfield is also included in the will and his daughter, Harriett, wife of James Mardall. In a codicil he left legacies to his three relations he terms nephews, Thomas, William and Norman Thrale, grandsons of his half brother Ralph. These family holdings are also mentioned in the Wheathampstead Tithe Map of 1840, and the Census returns of 1841 and 1851.
When Ralph was twenty-two he had taken out an Insurance Policy. On No Mans Land farm house above the front door, there is situated the original Sun Insurance Fire Sign with the policy number 703262. The records of the Company were searched and the policy extracted, which reads:
23rd May 1800
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703262.
£3: 1: 0. | Ralph Thrale of No Mans Land in the parish of
Sandridge, Herts., farmer. On his now dwelling
house and brewhouse adjoining situate as
aforesaid, brick and tiled, not exceeding
Four Hundred Pounds | £400 |
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| £3: 7: 3. | Household goods, Wearing Apparel, Printed Books,
and Plate therein only not exceeding One
Hundred and Ten Pounds. | £110 |
| Greaves | Woodhouse, Wellhouse and Henhouse adjoining
near, timber and tiled, not exceeding Thirty
Pounds. | £30 |
| Stock of Utensils therein only not exceeding
Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds | £250 |
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Richard Thrale/Dorothy Fuller; John Thrale/Sarah Jaques; Richard Grunwyn/Mary Thrale; Onslow Teddar/Mary Thrale; Richard Thrale/Martha Aylward; Robert Penn/Sarah Thrale; male Penn/; John Thrale/Margaret Chaplin; Richard Palmer/Sarah Thrale; Ralph Thrale/Elizabeth Grunwyn; William Thrale/Margaret Smyth; John Grindon/Abigail Thrale; male White/female Pemberton; male White/female Grindon; male Gale/female White; Charles Gale/female Wood; male Wood/female ?; James White/Jeanie Joubert; male Joubert/Bothia Collins; male Sergeant/female Joubert; male Andrews/; Thomas Thrale/Elizabeth Andrews; Ralph Thrale/Mary Crouch; Richard William Thrale; Hester Lynch Salusbury; Hannah Maria Green; Ernest Norman Thrale; Richard Thrale; Richard Thrale; John Thrale; John Thrale; Margaret Thrale; John Thrale; Richard Thrale; Robert Thrale; Robert Thrale; Thomas Thrale; Alban Thrale; Alice ; Jane ; Nicholas Thrale; Francis Thrale; Petronell Thrale; Francis Thrale; Edward Thrale; Alice Thrale; John Thrale; William Thrale; John Thrale; Helen ; Elizabeth Smith; Thomas Thrale; Alban Thrale; Thomas Thrale; John Thrale; Thomas Thrale; Thomas Thrale; Alban Thrale; Elizabeth Jaques; Ralph Thrale; Sarah Thrale; Martha Thrale; Thomas Thrale; Ralph Thrale; William Thrale; Alice Dixon; Robert Thrale; Abby Rebecca Thrale; John Thrale; William Thrale; Ralph Thrale; Ralph Thrale; female Grindon; male White; Elizabeth Pemberton White; female White; Charles Gale; James White; William Thrale; Thomas Thrale; Ralph Thrale; Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Clophill, Bedfordshire, England; Luton, Bedfordshire, England; West Hyde, Bedfordshire, England; Thrales End, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England; Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England; St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Napsbury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; New Mill End, Bedfordshire, England; East Hyde, Bedfordshire, England; Kingsbury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Childwickbury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Hundreds of Flitt, Bedfordshire, England; Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England; Gifford, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England; Holborn, Middlesex, England; Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Astwick, Bedfordshire, England; Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England; Saint Pauls, Walden, Hertfordshire, England; Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England; Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Codicote, Hertfordshire, England; Hammonds, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey, Middlesex, England; Batchwood, St Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
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Thrale/Thrall history
