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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… early as king Edward IV.'s reign, in the possession of the family of Harvey, and is the first place that I find … The coat of arms assumed by the several branches of this family, are those of their female ancestor Awstyn, or as the … no further mention of them here, and the pedigree of the family describes Robert Harvey, son of Robert above-mentioned …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it was sold by the Crown in 1629 and descended in the Long family from c. 1630. 133 It was held by Sir Walter Long, Bt. … in 1746 for failing to relieve members of the Whitley family: only once did they show good cause for the omission. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of Tilsworth was acquired by the Morteyns (of which family a younger branch were mesne lords). Thus at the time … of the will of Sir Gregory Osborn Page-Turner, 47 in whose family it has since remained, being at present owned by Mr. … to the Chesters, 55 and from them to the Page-Turner family. CHARITIES By an order of the Charity Commissioners …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… on his death in 1616. The manor remained in the Tichborne family until it was apparently sold before his death in 1743 … 1628, when the manor reverted to the elder branch of the family, 36 passing to William Lord Sandys, son of the last … of Henry Lord Sandys. 38 It passed soon after to the family of Godfrey of Romsey. Thus Walter Godfrey senior and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… follows the same descent as Wrest Manor (q.v.) in the family of de Grey. It is enumerated among those manors which … of John Broughton. 39 It remained with the Cheneys, whose family later acquired the earldom of Cleveland, until the … expense in contesting county elections with the Russell family, made a settlement of this manor preparatory to a sale …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was known as the Farm, and part was let to the Pitt family. 29 Pitt Farm was the name by which it was known in … was made in 1673. 64 The manor descended in the Napper family, passing successively to Thomas Napper (V) (d. 1736) … in the 16th and 17th centuries is the rise of the Napper family. Nicholas Napper (d. 1579) purchased the rectorial …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Manor House, said to have been a dower house of the Cecil family, stands between the church and the river Welland. It … of Henry VII by Hugh Asheton and his heirs, 16 by the Lane family in the reigns of Elizabeth and Charles I, 17 and the Browne family in the reign of James I, 18 in Ingthorpe by the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… it descended, with Apperley manor, through the Bridges family to the Throckmortons. Sir William Throckmorton, Bt., … as of the manor of Rye. 115 That estate was called HASTINGS, and is to be associated with the Hastings family of Tirley recorded in 1310, 1313, 116 1327, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… reputed to be one of the farmsteads occupied by the Davies family, copyholders in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, … The castle, the home of the papist and royalist Arundell family, was twice besieged and was seriously damaged in the … F. 132777 (W.R.S. xxix), p. 35. Below. Hist. MSS. Com. 78, Hastings, i, p. 244. Feet of F. 132777 (W.R.S. xxix), p. 47. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Delme in 1741. 30 On the failure of male heirs to the Delm family in 1894 the estate passed to the descendants of two … At what date it came into the possession of the Bromwich family does not appear, but in the fourteenth century it was … known as Hook Valence, probably passed to John de Hastings, one of his heirs, and through him in a direct line …