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Note for:   Sophia Charlotte Nevile,   1776 -          Index

Christening:   
     Date:   9 Jun 1776
     Place:   Wellingore, Lincoln, England
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Note for:   Baptist Noel,   23 May 1708 - 21 Mar 1750         Index

Christening:   
     Date:   8 Jun 1708
     Place:   Exton, Rutlandshire, England

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     4th Earl of Gainsborough.

    NOEL, College: ST JOHN'S Entered: 1724 Born: Died: Mar. 21, 1751 Earl of Gainsborough. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 15) at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 26, 1723-4. S. of Baptist, late Earl of Gainsborough. B. at Eynning. School, Eton. Matric. 1724. Succeeded as 4th Earl of Gainsborough, Apr. 17, 1714. Died Mar. 21, 1751.

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Note for:   Elizabeth Chapman,   1707 - 13 Dec 1771         Index

Christening:   
     Date:   1708
     Place:   Exton, Rutlandshire, England
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Note for:   John Fortescue,   5 May 1790 - 3 Jan 1869         Index

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     Rector of Poltimore, Devon, England.

Fortescue, the Hon. John. College: MAGDALENE Entered: Lent, 1814 Born: 1796 Died:
Adm (age 17) at MAGDALENE, Jan. 14, 1814. [3rd] s. of Hugh, Earl Fortescue, of Castle Hill, near S. Molton, Devon. B. May 5, 1796. School, Eton. Lent, 1814; M.A. 1816. Fellow. R. of Anderby with Cumberworth, Lincs., 1821-35. Canon Residentiary of Worcester, 1834-69. R. of Poltimore with Huxham, Devon, 1835-69. Master of St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester, 1847-69. Married, Apr. 13, 1842, Sophia, dau. of Henry Nevile, R. of Cottesmore, Rutland. Died Jan. 3, 1869. Father of Hugh J. (above); brother of Hugh (LL.D. 1847). (Eton Sch. Lists; Foster, Index Eccles.; Burke, P. and B.)

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Note for:   Christopher Nevile,   ABT 1700 -          Index

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     Sherriff of Lincoln under George II, 1749, listed as being Christopher Nevile, of Grantham.
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NEVILE, CHRISTOPHER College: CLARE Entered: 1707 Born: 1688 Died:
Adm. pens. at CLARE, Apr. 16, 1707. B. in Lincolnshire, 1688. Matric. 1707; B.A. 1710-1; M.A. from Magdalene, 1714. Fellow of Magdalene, 1712. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 13, 1714-5; priest (Lincoln) Dec. 18, 1715. V. of Harmston, Lincs., 1715. V. of Aubourn, 1717-20. R. of Skinnand, 1720.

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Note for:   Gervais Nevile,   ABT 1676 - ABT 1728         Index

Individual Note:
     Sir Christopher died in 1692, leaving no
issue. His original will is with these documents. For want of issue,
he left the greater part of his estate, Haddington and Aubourn, waith
lands in Harmston, Thorpe on the Hill and South Hykeham to trusteea
who were to raise funds to pay his debts and legacies (the latter excee,ded
I,750 Pounds), if his personal estate was insufficient for the purpose. They
were then to be held to the use ‘of Gervase Nevile, eldest son of Brian
Nevile, and then of his sons in tail. Brian Nevile was the testator’s
cousin, a younger son of George Nevile of Stapleford and Thorney,
brother of Sir Gervase Nevile. He was also the husband of the testator’s
niece Martha, daught’er of Thomas Ellis of Wellingore and the testator’s
sister Jane. It was primarily as grandson of Jane Ellis, one of the testator’s
sisters and coheiresses, that Gervase Nevile inherited.

Geavase Nevile (d: 1728) who inherited the main part of the estate
of Sir Christopher Nevile of Aubourn, also inherited other valuable
estates from his parents and grandparents. His grandfather George Nevile
of Stapleford and Thorney, second son of George Nevile of Aubourn, had
been vigorous in building up a landed estate. He had bought the manor
of Thorney from his father and his brother, Sir Gervase, in 1637. This
manor was to descend to his eldest son and heir, George, one of the children
of his first wife, Alice. In 1641, for 5,000 Pounds he bought from the five
daughters and co-heirs of Sir Robert Monson the rectory and grange of