The following documents have references to members of the Danyell family that were produced when these people were still alive. We recognise that there is no such thing as a fact (even Newton's theories proved to be an approximation to the truth). Historical facts are even more unreliable than other facts, because of the activities of spin doctors (eg Shakespeare for Richard III) and rumour mongers. However, the records in the following documents are as near as we can hope to get to facts.