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

The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
Obviously Joseph and Caroline had no children but Joseph did have an
illegitimate daughter who was brought up in his house and was "said to have
been the child of a French woman of great beauty" 424 Local legend has it that
When Lady Caroline arrived at Grittleton after the
honeymoon she immediately asked who was the little girl
running about the house and that this started the break up
of the marriage 425
This is probably incorrect as Anna Maria is described on the marriage
certificate, as "filia illega nomen matris Shafto" 426 , and therefore Caroline
would presumably have known about her. Also if she was a major cause of the
marriage breakdown it seems strange that she is never mentioned in the Court
reports, given the tenor of the rest of the evidence where no stone remained
unflung, let alone unturned - at least on Caroline's part.
Jackson’s pedigree indicates that Joseph also had two illegitimate sons, but
these both died before him, one "early" and the other in India in 1838 - no
other details are known.
Anna Maria married Major William 427 Inigo Jones (11 th [Prince Albert’s]
Hussars) at St Mary’s Marylebone on the 14 th August 1844. Thomas Wylde, the
rector of North Wraxall 428 and Joseph’s brother in law (see below) conducted
the ceremony. Joseph settled £4,000 on Maria at her wedding, a considerable
sum.
424 Baddeni, J (1966) Wiltshire Forefathers p72. This seems very likely, it may be
recalled that Joseph’s uncle had, it was rumoured, made his money by purchasing gems
from French gentry fleeing the Terror, so both Rundell and Neeld would presumably
have known many French ladies of beauty, quality and breeding...
425 Baddeni, J (1966) ibid p73
426 Sevington memorial programme 1999 ibid WANHS WT241 This indicates her
mother’s surname was Shaft? Hardly a French name, surely?
427 Keith Woodman pers. comm.
428 Undated and unassigned newspaper clipping in WANHS box 120, Mss 1280 as above
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