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Magna Britannia
… formerly to the abbot of Tor, was afterwards in the Stawell family. It was purchased of Sir William Stawell by Mr. Wotton; three-fourths of this manor now belong …
Magna Britannia
… the crown, was granted by King Charles II. to Francis Lord Stawell, Sir Charles Harbord, and others. It is now vested in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Alice's heir at Littleton was Joan Farway, wife of Walter Stawell (fl. 1426). 135 Their son Robert (d. 1449) was succeeded by his grandson, also Robert Stawell (d. 1508), and by Robert's son John (d. 1541). John's heir was his grandson Sir John Stawell (d. 1603), who was followed by his son Sir John (d. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by Edward Leigh, probably heir of Philip, to John Lord Stawell Baron of Somerton, who soon obtained full possession … of the manor. 92 It was sold by the trustees of Lord Stawell in 1695 as the manor and manors of Testwood and Ridge …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of it shortly after, for in 1224 it was granted to Adam de Stawell, 27 and in 1230 to Henry de Heliun to hold until the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… but by 1572 the property had come to John (later Sir John) Stawell. 77 The rectory descended in the Stawell family until the end of the 17th century, passing on … his son, also John (d. 1604), and to his grandson Sir John Stawell, K.B. (d. 1662). From the last it descended to two …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… mentioned in the sale of the manor in 1640, 37 and Lord Stawell, the farmer of the manor, dealt by recovery with a … 'the Right Honourable Abigail Lady Dowager of Ralph Lord Stawell,' who died in 1692. She was daughter and heiress of … on a lozenge, while on consoles beneath are the arms of Stawell: Gules a cross lozengy argent, and the same impaling …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… having married Mary Legge, the only daughter of Henry Lord Stawell, who was the son of Henry Bilson Legge. Lord …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Sir Hugh Stewkeley, with Edward, fourth and last Baron Stawell. 9 Lord Stawell left a daughter and heiress Mary, who was created baroness Stawell in 1759; she married as her first husband the Hon. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… advowson and presumably the manor had passed to Sir John Stawell 88 of Bovey Tracy (Devon). Sir John died in 1670 89 … on Atherton's promotion to a bishopric. 166 In 1683 the Stawell trustees sold the advowson to Thomas Comens of … J. L. Vivian, 464. Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 379. G. D. Stawell, A Quantock family, 169. Som. Wills, ed. Brown, vi. …