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)
The Kempes* were seated at the manorof Olantigh, in Wye, in the county of Kent, • The word Kempe si^ifies a combatant orman at arms: it is used frequently in that sense antecedently to the reign of Edward IVand are supposed, by some, to be of Norman origin. They became eventually dis-persed…
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