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The Manor of Alderton 3rd edition<br />

My dear Jackson<br />

You are the best Co Trustee in the world, for you do everything yourself<br />

I shall be quite ready to meet you on any occasion<br />

Yours very truly Inigo W Jones 477<br />

However from 1856 the estate, including Alderton, came under the control of<br />

Joseph’s brother, Sir John Neeld<br />

Fig 40 Arms of Sir John Neeld, Bart (after Debrett, 1919) 478 *<br />

477 W&SHC 1035/288, headed “Kelston Park, Bath, 22 nd March, 1873”<br />

478 Debrett’s Peerage 1919 edition p1019. The shield with the red h<strong>and</strong> in it, (top<br />

centre) is the sigil for a baronet:<br />

The order of baronets is a hereditary rank or degree below the peerage, baronets<br />

were first created in 1611 by James I in connection with the colonisation of Ulster<br />

[particularly the need for finance;] A lump sum had to be paid by anyone who<br />

wanted the honour <strong>and</strong> they had to [have] three generations of armigers before<br />

them as well as possessing a good estate Pine, LG (1969) Genealogist’s Encyclopedia<br />

p228 ]<br />

Argent, a sinister h<strong>and</strong> erect, coupled at the wrist <strong>and</strong> appaurtine, gules (Brooker-<br />

Wilke JP (ed) (1970) Boutell’s Heraldry 7 th ed p201<br />

The arms are also sign of the Neeld Arms public house in Grittleton, although here the<br />

whole shield is blue <strong>and</strong> the armorials are gold:<br />

137

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