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Surnames: CAVENDISH
Classification: Query
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HI PAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RETURN MESSAGE. I HAVE JUST STARTED FINDING OUT ABOUT THE
CAVENDISH FAMILY. THE HISTORY IS INTERESTING BUT CONFUSING. I HAVE 3 FULL PAGES OF TYPED
HISTORY GOING BACK AS FAR AS THE 1300'S OR EARLIER.HERE IS A PARAGRAPH OF MY
FINDINGS.: THE FIRST OF THE FAMILY OF WHOM WE READ IN
HISTORY IS ROBERT
de GERNON, WHO GAVE A CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY TO THE ABBEY of GLOUCESTER IN THE REIGN OF
HENRY 1. HE WAS THE ANCESTOR OF ROBERT de GERNON, OF GRIMSTON HALL,IN SUFFILK, WHO,
HAVING MARRIED THE DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF JOHN POTTON, LORD OF CAVENDISH, IN THAT COUNTY,
LEFT AT HIS DECEASE IN 1325, A FAMILY OF FOUR SON'S, WHO, ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF
THOSE TIMES, EACH TOOK THE LOCAL NAME OF CAVENDISH................................SO ,
WITH JUST THIS SMALL PART OF MY THREE PAGES, YOU CAN SEE HOW CONFUSING IT IS. IT GOES ON
TO TALK ABOUT THOMAS CAVENDISH AND HIS ADVENTURES. HE GAINED VICTORY OVER THE QUEEN'S
ENEMIES AND QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTED HIM....SIR THOMAS CAVENDISH. IT WAS SAID, IN THE
LANGUAGE OF THE TIME, TO HAVE BEEN "RICH ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A FAIR EARLDOM "
HE DIED IN 1592.
PAM, YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE: RAMONARA(a)AOL.COM . I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THIS INFO OR SEND IT TO
YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
SINCERELY RAMONA