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)
TON AND POOLE. WERE, ROBERT, esq. formerly of Runnington Manor, near Wellington, and nowof Poole, representative of this ancient family, m. Mary-Ann,daughter of Thomas Morris, esq. and has issue, i. Thomas. ii. Morris, m. Amy, daughter of Isaac Steele, esq. ofPoole. in. Henry,iv. William-Alford.i.… … WERE, OF WELLINGTON AND POOLE. 141 The family of Were, or, as it was for-merly spelt, Weare, is of great antiquity inthe counties of Devon and Somerset. Tra-dition states, that their original name wasGiffard, a younger branch, it is repre-sented, of the Giffards of Brightley, andH.alsworthy ; and…
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