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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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the death of Henry Brydges, and,moreover, did not acquire the Manors of Minchinhampton and Avening from theTrustees of Lord Windsor till 1650. He left only two daughters, one of whom, Anne,died unmarried, and the other, Isabel, in infancy. In Collinss Peerage under Chandos, itis stated that Henry Brydges married Alice, widow of one of the Comptons of Hartpury.Now in the record of the Consistory Court of Gloucester there is an account of divorceproceedings taken in 1531-2 by an Alice Compton against Walter Compton. She mustthen have been not less than thirty-five. There is no statement as to the result, butin any case, as Walter Compton did not die till June 12th, 1627, Henry Brydges whodied in 1615 cannot have married his widow. Besides in Bigland, and in Collins, underCompton, the only wife of Walter is given as Dorothy, daughter of John Higford.Another Walter Compton, but not of Hartpury, married Alice Lytlcy of Warwick. 2 See Church Plate of Gloucestershire, pp. 10, 11, and 64. •
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t Annual Spring Meeting. 3 Doughton Manor. An hour was spent at Avening, and then through Tetbury the partyjourneyed to Doughton, where they were received by Mr. A. C. Mitchell,of Highgrove, and Mr. T. Knight, the occupant of the fine old Jacobeanresidence, which was inspected with much profit and pleasure. This delightful old house is the chief but by no means the onlyresidence of interest in the hamlet of Doughton, about a mile and a halfsouth of Tetbury. Tt is a large stone building with many gables, thegreater part of the walling being covered with rough-cast, and consistsof a central block with wings, which are not quite symmetrical, theplan being in the shape of an E. In both material and design the-house presents much that is characteristic of late sixteenth century workin Gloucestershire, for although the date is later (about 1630), the generalstyle of the building is somewhat early considering the late date. Thiswas probably due to its isolation. The chimneys have evidently btransactionsofbr37bris

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