Transcribed extract from Blomefield's History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. VIII (1808 pp 292-296)

Title

Transcribed extract from Blomefield's History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. VIII (1808 pp 292-296)

Date

1976-2014

Description

Outline history of Whitwell from Ralph, son of Ivo, at a time just after the Norman Conquest to 1680, including the owners of the Manor of Whitwell alias Gambon's from 1211-1680. Details of Ross's Manor, a beruite of Cawston, held by Harold in King Edward's days, William the Conqueror,the de Vaux family by descent, marriage until it was sold to Augustine Messenger in 1678.

Includes handwritten genealogy of Messenger family from 1566 to the death of Augustine Messenger in 1680.


Available online :-
british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8 [British History Online]

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