Berkeley family
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The Berkeley family is an old English noble family. It is one of the few families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to a pre-Norman era Anglo-Saxon ancestor, along with the Arden
Jan Kip's aerial view of Berkeley Castle engraved for the antiquary Sir Robert Atkyns' The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 1712.
Sir Maurice Berkeley and his two wives, Church of St Mary, Bruton
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
Berkeley family
…families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to a pre-Norman era Anglo-Saxon ancestor, along with the Arden family; the claims of the Swinton family, the Wentworth family, and the Grindlay family are disputed. The Berkeley family still retains possession of many of the lands it has held from the…
The Bookplate of Sir John Swinton, titled 'Baron of Swinton'