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[edit] Lancashire Home

Edited the part that said Standish Hall was still standing, believe me if it was still standing i'd be able to see it from my bedroom window now.

Couple of other things i'm not too sure about either but i'll need to look them up later. Batch

I agree both his homes, Standish Hall and Duxbury Hall at Chorley are both demolished.

For those who claim Duxbury hall still stands it was demolished in the 50s and the estate is now Duxbury Golf Course. The railway is now closed as well is the coal mine. King konger.


Is this original work? -- Zoe

Apparently not. --Brion 22:17 Oct 1, 2002 (UTC)
Let me know if my rewording takes care of the copyright problem. -- Zoe

It should be noted that The crest of the state of Massachusetts features a raised arm holding a sword, this arm is Miles Standish's arm.

[edit] Myles or Miles?

Is his name spelt 'Myles' or 'Miles'? May seem a trivial distinction, but it's points like these that make or break an article.

-- Sasuke Sarutobi 22:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

---It's especially important because the article goes back and forth between spellings with no distinction. Rebochan 16:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I know this is an old reply, but the spelling was not consistent in contemporary documents (Miles in some, Myles in others), nor is it so in modern historical texts. Most texts pick one spelling and stick to it, but there is no agreement from one text to another as to its proper spelling. Before Noah Webster anyway, spelling wasn't very consistent. I will fix the document to reflect this. There should be an internal consistency in this document, and since the title is Myles, we'll go with that. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 04:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
To the anonymous editor who added the information about his signature. The information may be quite important to this article, but we need a reference to a work by a notable historian where such facts are reported. Also, the use of the term "misspelled" is in violation of NPOV, since it implies that in the 17th century there were standard rules of orthography that were accepted. There weren't. To indicate that he himself spelled his name with a "Y" (with an appropriate reference) may be germaine to this article, but to indicate that other alternate spellings are incorrect is simply not true in holding with 17th century spelling conventions. The interchangability of I and Y can be seen in works such as John Smith, who named the site of the Pilgrim's landing "New Plimouth" and William Bradford's memoirs "Of Plimoth Plantation". Modern historical texts use either form, but "Plymouth", "Plimouth" and "Plimoth" were all "correct" in the context of the 1600's. The same is so for Myles Standish.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 06:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Courtship

Given that Standish is "best remembered" for being a character in "The Courtship of...", shouldn't there be more about the poem in this article? I realize that the poem is basically fiction, but the fictional Myles Standish is at least as notable as the historical one. Nareek 02:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] this is my great great great grandfather

MILES Standish is my great great great grandfather. His name is spelled MILES. I oun his sword, it has his name inscripted on it. my grandfather is passing away so he just passed it down to me. I now am restoring it.

[edit] Notable Descendants

So I suppose a person has to be notable to be added to the list of notable descendants? I happen to personally know two of them and they're notable to me.

                                                                           Tanner Gilliland.

[edit] Isle of Man?

The "Ile of Man" referred to in the will is more likely to refer to the farm of that name to the west of Croston, West of Chorley and within a relative distance to Croston, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, and Newborough. There is no reason why a whole, distant island would be willed within a list of small land-holdings all held together within a small area of West Lancashire. The area where the "Ile of Man" is today is still low-lying with many drainage channels. This area would have beeen prone to flooding in the sexteenth century, and hence farms would have been built on the higher ground and marooned as "islands". Local knowldege pays dividens here.

The link to the Isle of Man should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amcree (talk • contribs) 09:24, 21 December 2007 (UTC)