A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
arg. charged with a mullet or. Estates—Norton Bavant, acquired in thelatter end of the fourteenth century, as ap-pears by the visitation of Wiltshire. Py-thouse, purchased in 1725 by Thomas Be-nett, it being the very ancient seat and pro-perty of his mothers family. Seats—Norton Bavant and… … It appears indubitable, by the identity ofestate and arms, that this family is the sameas that of Ockley, of Ockley, which hadflourished for several generations in thecounty of Salop. Rowland Oakley, esq. of Oakley, h.about the year 1500; m. Mary, daughterof William Crowther, esq. of Betson,…
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