Arden family
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The Arden family is an English landed gentry family that can be traced back in the male line to pre-Norman Anglo-Saxon landholders who managed to maintain status after the 1066 invasion of England by
A member of the Arden family married the heiress of Sir Rowland Hill, publisher of the Geneva Bible
Underbank Hall, an Arden family property of the 1500s in Stockport
1795 engraving of Harden Hall, Bredbury, another Arden family property near Stockport
Clan Swinton
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Clan Swinton is a Scottish Border clan of Anglo-Saxon origin whose ancestral lands straddle the historic boundary between England and Scotland. It is among the oldest landed families in Britain, with
Arden family
…can trace its patrilineal descent back to a pre-Norman era Anglo-Saxon ancestor, along with the Berkeley family. Other families make the claim: the Swinton, Wentworth, and the Grindlay families; but their claims are disputed. The family held lands in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Worcester, Cheshire and…
The Bookplate of Sir John Swinton, titled 'Baron of Swinton'