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| Posted by: Macfive 28-Oct-2006, 05:49 PM |
| Background: The Spencers have been farmers since pre-Tudor times, coming to prominence in Warwickshire in the fifteenth century. John Spencer became feoffee of Wormleighton in 1469, and a tenant at Althorp in 1486. His nephew another John, through trade in livestock and commodities, then bought both properties outright, was knighted, and so lay the bedrock for the family's fortune. Variations: Spencer, Spenser, Spensor More Info: http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=90 Discussion of this family is welcomed. |