The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
This branch of the Tufnell family has been traced back to the early 17 th century
(see Fig. 1 above). Samuel Tufnell owned Langleys in Essex and this estate
passed to his son John Jollife Tufnell. JJ Tufnell also inherited Tufnell Park in.
London from his brother William 7 which then passed to another brother,
George Foster Tufnell.
George Foster Tufnell was born in 1723 and married twice, first to an Elizabeth
whom Burke gives as being the daughter of John Foster; this is an error, she
was actually Elizabeth Forster 8 . They were divorced in 1758 on the grounds of
Elizabeth’s adultery with Captain Evans 9 at Bristol and Turnham Green. His
second wife was Mary Farhill 10 from Chichester and they had children, including
Lt Col John Charles Tufnell of Lackham
7 http://wn.com/Tufnell_Park_FC
8 Journal of the House of Lords volume 29: 1756-1760 dated February 1758 “Tufnell’s
Divorce Bill” at: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=114444
“And called George Elliot, in order to prove the Marriage; who, being
sworn, produced a Certificate, signed by Duel Taylor Rector of Bath, "That
it appears, by the Register-Book of the Parish of Saint Peter and Saint
Paul, in the City of Bath, that George Tufnell Esquire and Elizabeth Forster
were married, by License, on the 11th Day of February 1744;" and gave an
Account, "That he saw the Rector sign the said Certificate; and that he
examined it with the Register-Book."
Duel Taylor (1733-1767) became Rector of St Peter & St Paul’s (Bath) in 1752
He was responsible for rebuilding the Holy Cross psychiatric hospital just
outside Bath “In the year of Our Lord 1761, not long after the coronation of the
most illustrious King George III, this lunatic asylum, founded two hundred and
seventy years before by John Cantlow, Prior of Bath, and almost collapsed
through age, was rebuilt by Duel Taylor, Rector of Bath, and master of this
lodging" [Jancar, J (1987) The History of Mental Handicap in Bristol and Bath
in Psychiatric Bulletin 1987, 11:261]
9 Journal of the House of Lords volume 29 ibid Proved in the Consistory Court of the
Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s, after a successful action brought by Mr Tufnell against
Capt. Evans in the King’s Bench Court for “Criminal Conversation with his Wife”
10 Burke (1838) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain
and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested
with Heritable Honours pp432-3
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