Comments on: Proofs of nobility for British abroad: the Hepburn diploma

By: Nat Taylor

Nat Taylor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:17:51 +0000

@onthefringe: Thanks for your comment and the link to Fritz Loll’s page on the Hepburn/Hebrons. I am not sure it will be possible to discover the calumnies mentioned in the letter, which may have been something of a conventional justification for creation of the testimonial.

By: onthefringe

onthefringe — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:07:44 +0000

I came across your fascinating blog while attempting to find out more about the Hepburn connection with Damnica, Poland (German: Damnitz Hebron)in connection with a book which I have been traslating into English. According to the author, this Hebron branch died out towards the end of the 18th century. I will find out when I next meet the author, what this is based on, but there is an interesting article in German available online http://www.loll-fritz.de/hebron.htm, and I suppose that the Museum of Central Pomerania in Slupsk http://www.muzeum.slupsk.pl/i1uk.htm might be a good source of information. I should be very interested in knowing more about the calumnies against Daniel Hepburn.

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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:15:42 +0000

[...] 1616, allegedly issued by King James VI & I for use in the duchy of Stettin-Pomerania, see another blog post here. This image, from Clonard’s website, is of a typical 18th-century-style rendering of the [...]