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Of Finchampstead, Berkshire, ENG. In 1637 George had a grant of two parts of the manor for twenty-one years from the Crown. A George Tattershall was dealing with the manor in 1659. His daughter Mary married Charles Howard, fourth son of Henry twenty-fifth Earl of Arundel, a recusant, and the manor was settled on them by George Tattershall in 1662. (A History of the County of Berkshire, Vol. 3, pp. 241-247.)
The West Court manor-house (Finchampstead) until it was enlarged and renovated by the Rev. Henry Ellis St. John in 1835 had a moat and drawbridge. The house is of red brick with tiled roofs and dates from the 17th century or perhaps earlier. The finest fireplace is perhaps that in the drawing room, formerly in the bedroom above; it has richly carved wood shafts in its jambs, and the overmantel is divided into three bays with allegorical female figures representing Wisdom, Justice, and the Arts. The middle panel is now filled with a later achievement of arms, Quarterly: 1 and 4, three fleurs de lis in a border charged with roses (Lennox), 2 and 3, a fesse checky in a border engrailed (Stewart); over all a scutcheon charged with a saltire between four roses; perhaps in memory of Lady Elizabeth Stewart, mother of Lords Charles and Bernard Howard respectively husbands of Mary and Katherine, co-heirs of George Tattershall of West Court.
'Parishes: Finchampstead', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 (1923), pp. 241-247. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43212&strquery="perhaps in memory of Lady Elizabeth Stewart" Date accessed: 09 April 2009.
(White, Jim. Richard Wells & Frances White, Virginia & Maryland Immigrants, 1635-1637. Jim White: Lulu Press, Inc, 2009, pp. 130-131)
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Yates and Others
1614 - 1662 (48 years)
