Its owners and some historical connections - Lackham Countryside ...

The Manor of Alderton 3rd edition
Fig. 37 Rundell / Neeld *
Fox gives fuller details
Joseph Neeld was the son of Mr. Neeld, a solicitor of Norfolk
Street, the Strand, who was in partnership with Mr. Fludgate and
they carried on their profession in the name of Neeld and Fludgate.
This Mr. Neeld married a daughter of Justice Bond of Bow Street
and his wife’s mother was a sister of Mr. Phillip Rundell -
consequently Joseph Neeld was the son of a niece of Mr. Rundell 378
Mary Bond died at Grittleton on 10 th June 1857.
Phillip Rundell started with nothing but eventually became a partner of the firm
during its great years 379 . He was careful with his money - “by steady gains and
378 Fox, George (1843/1846) An account of the firm of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell,
London Jewellers, an unpublished Mss (with a typewritten transcription dated 1957)
National Art Library (V & A Museum) 276. E. 3 p 94
379 They were the Society jewellers – for example in 1823 the Gentleman’s Magazine
reported (1823, vol 2 p27 An account of the Money expended at His Majesty’s
Coronation, stating the Amount, under the several heads, expended, and from what
sources the Money was supplied) “Messrs Rundell and Bridge for snuff boxes for
foreign ministers £8,205 15s”
(This was the sixth largest amount for the entire Coronation and equates to £384,000
in 2005 values, see fourth reference below)
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