| Family |
Comments |
| Atkinson |
Sir Robert built Stowell Park in 1600 |
| Atkyns |
Landed family of Sapperton, Oakley, Lower Swell. Sir Robert Atkyns
wrote a history of the county that was published in 1712 |
| Arnold |
Knights of the County |
| Baskerville |
Held lands around Westcot soon after the Conquest |
| Bathurst |
Family that came to prominence during the 18th century. Their seat
is at Cirencester but their was also a branch of the family at Lydney.
Henry was Lord Chancellor in 1771 |
| Bell |
Sir Thomas Bell was a prominent 16th Century merchant in Gloucester |
| Berkeley |
Founded by Roger de Berkeley in the reign of William 1st. |
| Blathwayt |
When William Blathwayt married Mary Wynter he came in to the possession
of the Dyrham Estate. He was, among several appointments, a Secretary of
State for William III |
| Blomer |
Landed family of Hatherop. Came to prominence in the 16th century |
| Boevey |
Land and mining family from Flaxley; replacing the Kingston's
as owners in the middle of the 17th century. They were originally Dutch
settlers. |
| le Boteler |
Of Sudeley Castle |
| Bouchier |
Barnsley family. Brereton Bouchier built Barnsley House c.1697. |
| Bray |
Edmund Bray of Great Barrington was a Deputy Lord Lieutenant in the
early 18th century |
| Bridgeman |
Gentry of Upton St Leonards and Prinknash |
| Brydges |
Landed family from Coberley. Origins in medieval times |
| Cassey |
John Cassey of Wightfield was Chief Baron of the Exchequer under Richard
II. |
| Chamberlaynes |
Newcomers to gentlemanly status in the sixteenth century. Principal
property was at Maugersbury |
| Clifford |
Built Daneway House in the 13th century |
| Clutterbuck |
Long established family in the County; improved their position by marrying
in to the Cliffords in the 17th century. Largely clothiers. |
| Cockerell |
Sir Charles Cockerell was a newcomer to Gloucestershire when he settled
at Sezincote in the early part of the 19th century having made his fortune
with the East India Company |
| Codrington |
Christopher Codrington was Governor of the Leeward Islands |
| Colchester |
Land owning family at Westbury in the 17th and 18th century |
| Cooke |
Of Highnam Court |
| Costyn |
Wool merchants of Cirencester and prominent local citizen |
| Coton |
Knights of Whittington |
| Courteen |
Sir William Courteen started life as a tailor but ended up as a money
lender to James I |
| Coxwell |
Held land around Barnsley and Bibury |
| Cripps |
Of Cirencester although originally clothiers from Dursley. They also
established themselves at Ampney Crucis |
| Dalloway |
Wealthy clothiers in the Stroudwater area |
| Denys |
Chief Groom of the Chamber for Henry VII |
| Dorney |
Gentry at Uley; last in the male line was Elizabeth who died in 1846 |
| Ducarel |
Another family that became wealthy in the nineteenth century from prospering
with the East India Company. Settled at Newland |
| Ducie |
Of Totworth but also many other locations within the county |
| Dutton |
Landed family |
| Estcourt |
Prominent family in the sixteenth century through to the nineteenth.
Originally of Sherborne |
| Fane |
Side line of the Earls of Westmoreland living in Westbury in the late
18th C. |
| FitsHarding |
Norman family at Beverston |
| Fortescue |
Sir John Fortescue was a Lord Chancellor in the late Middle Ages |
| Fortey |
Wool merchants of Northleach |
| Fox |
Minor gentry from Dursley |
| George |
Landed family |
| Giffard |
Norman family at St Briavels; acquired manor of Batsworth |
| Grevel |
William Grevel was a prominent wool merchant of Chipping Campden. He
died in 1401. Grevel was also a prominent family in Weston-upon-Avon |
| Guise |
Long established landed family from the medieval period with their
main property located at Elmore |
| Hale |
Sir Matthew Hale was Lord Chief Justice under Charles II and continued
to produce members of parliament for Gloucestershire well in to the 19th
century |
| Hampton |
Gentry in Thornbury and Westbury |
| Hastings |
Long established at Daylesford. Warren Hastings was Governor General
of India from 1772-85 |
| Hicks |
Baptist Hicks prospered in the reign of James I and purchased an estate
at Chipping Campden |
| Hodges |
Landowning family around Moreton-in-Marsh |
| Howe |
Came to ascendancy after the Civil War in the 17th century |
| Hungerford |
Sir Walter Hungerford of Down Ampney was Lord High Treasurer to Henry
V. |
| Huntley |
Landed family at Boxwell |
| Hyett |
Charles Hyett built Painswick House in the 1730s |
| Jackson |
Gentry in Westbury upon Trim |
| Jenner |
Edward Jenner discovered vaccination in the late 18th century. The
family resided at Berkeley |
| Jerningham |
Sir Henry Jerningham was in the household of Queen Mary. |
| Keeble |
Family of great churchman. John Keeble was born at Fairford in 1792 |
| Kingscote |
Landowning family from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, such
longevity being unusual. |
| Kingston |
Sixteenth century prominent family, prospering at Flaxley and Painswick |
| Knight |
Gentry from Westbury upon Trim in the 18th Century |
| Leigh |
Became landowners in the sixteenth century and were for several centuries
one of the most prominent families in the county. Main property at Adlestrop |
| Lysons |
Held estates at Hempsted, Rodmarton and Cherrington. The brothers Daniel
and Samuel started to write a history of the counties of England. Samuel
was keeper of the archives at the Tower of London |
| Marshal |
Family of Badgeworth |
| Master |
Richard Master was the owner of land around Cirencester Abbey |
| Moyne |
From the Manor of Shipton Moyne |
| Newton |
Bitton family with land in the 17th and 18th century |
| Ockold |
Gentry in Upton St Leonards; a family that was prominent from the 13-18th
C. |
| Overbury |
Landed family |
| Parry |
John Parry knighted and granted an estate at Oakley near Cirencester
in 1558 |
| Pate |
Richard Pate was a royal commissioner to Henry VIII and Elizabeth 1st. |
| Paul |
Eminent clothiers in the 18th and 19th century. George Onesiphorus
Paul was famed locally and nationally with his work for prison reform |
| Perrot |
Built Barnsley Park in the 18th century but later the family died out
in the 19th century |
| Pitt |
Joseph Pitt was a rag to riches benefactor ending up as one of the
wealthiest men in the county in the 18th century |
| Playne |
Prominent clothiers and merchants in the 18th and 19th century |
| Poole |
Sir Henry Poole was a member of the Council of Wales in the 16th century |
| Porter |
Landowners around Aston-sub-Edge and courtiers in the seventeenth century |
| Poynter |
Prominent wool merchants from Cirencester |
| Poyntz |
Political family in the 16th century. Of Iron Acton |
| Romney |
Family from Tetbury who invested in the East India Company |
| Rooke |
Came to the county in the eighteenth century, acquiring land at St
Briavels |
| Saunders |
William Saunders of Westbury was High Sherrif in the early 18th century |
| Seymour |
Thomas Seymour was passed Sudeley Castle in 1547 |
| Slade |
James Slade, R.N Admiral of the Blue died 1846 at Uley |
| Smythe |
Rose to gentry status from John Symthe who was a steward for the Berkeleys
in the sixteenth century |
| Snell |
Powell Snell bought an estate at Guiting Power in 1720 |
| Somerset |
Family who ultimately became the Dukes of Beaufort at Badminton. |
| Stephens |
Of Chavenage |
| Stokes |
Gentry at Wickwar |
| Tame |
Started as graziers at Stowell and became large landowners around Cirencester
and Fairford. High Sheriffs of the county. |
| Thomas |
Gentry at Uley in the 18th century |
| Thorp |
Built Wanswell Court near Berkeley |
| Throckmorton |
Knights of Gloucestershire |
| Tomes |
Gentry of Weston Sands |
| Tracey |
Old family of Toddington who were landowners before the Conquest |
| Whitmore |
Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century land-owning family in
Lower Slaughter |
| Whittingdon |
Richard, son of William of Pauntley became Mayor of London |
| Winchcombe |
Wealthy clothiers |
| Wynter |
From Lydney. Sir William Wynter was a famous admiral who battled
the Armada. Sir John Wynter attacked parliamentarian forces in the Forest
and also opened mines. |
| Yorke |
Moved to the county in 1726 when they purchased the Hardwicke estate |
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